Noun | 1. | independent - a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump |
2. | independent - a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them Synonyms: freelance, self-employed person | |
Adj. | 1. | independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic" Antonyms: dependent - not independent; "dependent children" |
2. | independent - not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else | |
3. | independent - of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" | |
4. | independent - not contingent | |
5. | independent - of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" Synonyms: main Antonyms: dependent, subordinate - of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" | |
6. | independent - not controlled by a party or interest group |