Online English Dictionary

Online English Dictionary

independent

Definition

independent [adj]

1. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

2. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

3. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

4. not controlled by a party or interest group

independent [noun]

1. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

2. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

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Synonyms

noun
mugwump, fencesitter

adj
free, autonomous, self-governing, sovereign, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-determining, non-aligned, neutral, impartial, self-supporting, unaided, self-contained, individual, separate, unconnected, unrelated

Antonyms

adj
dependent

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