About The Word Independent
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What's The Definition Of Independent?
[n] a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
[n] a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) [adj] of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [adj] not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else [adj] not contingent [adj] free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic" [adj] (grammar) 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" [adj] not controlled by a party or interest group Synonyms | Synonyms for Independent: absolute | autarkic | autarkical | autonomous | breakaway | case-by-case | commutative | freelance | free-living | indie | individual | item-by-item | main(a) | mugwump | nonparasitic | nonpartisan | nonpartizan | nonsymbiotic | on her own(p) | on his own(p) | on one's own(p) | on their own(p) | on your own(p) | self-directed | self-employed person | self-governing | self-reliant | self-sufficient | self-sufficing | self-supporting | self-sustaining | separatist | single-handed | sovereign | strong-minded | unaffiliated | unconditional Related Terms | Find terms related to Independent: abounding in riches | affluent | alien | anythingarian | apart | apart from | apathetic | arbitrary | aside from | autarchic | autarkic | autonomous | barring | besides | beyond | big-rich | bold | centrist | comfortable | competent | controlled | detached | disconnected | discrete | discretional | discretionary | disgustingly rich | disinterested | disjunct | disrelated | dissociated | distinct | elective | erect | even | except for | excluding | exclusive of | exotic | external | extraneous | fat | fence-sitter | fifty-fifty | firm-minded | flush | foreign | forward | free | free lance | free spirit | free trader | free will | free-spirited | freethinker | freewheeling | frightfully rich | gratuitous | half-and-half | house-proud | ignoring | impartial | importunate | in funds | in the money | incommensurable | incomparable | independently rich | independently wealthy | indifferent | individual | individualist | individualistic | inner-directed | insular | irrelative | irrespective of | isolated | isolationist | Laodicean | latitudinarian | liberal | libertarian | libertine | loaded | loner | luxurious | made of money | maverick | midway | moderate | moneyed | mugwump | mugwumpian | mugwumpish | neuter | neutral | nonaligned | noncommitted | nonconformist | nonmandatory | nonpartisan | nothingarian | notwithstanding | offered | on the fence | oofy | optional | opulent | other | outlandish | outside | passive | prideful | proffered | prosperous | proud | proud as Lucifer | proud-blooded | proudful | proudhearted | proud-looking | proud-minded | proud-spirited | provided for | purse-proud | pushy | removed | rich | rich as Croesus | rolling in money | rugged individualist | segregate | self-acting | self-active | self-asserting | self-assertive | self-assured | self-centered | self-confident | self-contained | self-controlled | self-dependent | self-determined | self-determining | self-directing | self-esteeming | self-expressive | self-governed | self-governing | self-helpful | self-helping | self-improving | self-possessed | self-reliant | self-respecting | self-restrained | self-subsistent | self-sufficient | self-supporting | self-sustained | self-sustaining | separate | separated | sovereign | spontaneous | stiff-necked | strange | strong-minded | strong-willed | swing vote | third force | third world | third-force | third-world | unaffiliated | unallied | unasked | unassociated | unbesought | unbiased | unbidden | uncalled-for | uncoerced | uncommitted | uncommitted voter | uncompelled | unconnected | uncontrolled | undecided | unearned | unfettered | unforced | uninfluenced | uninvited | uninvolved | unlimited | unprejudiced | unpressured | unprompted | unrelatable | unrelated | unrequested | unrequired | unrestrained | unrestricted | unsolicited | unsought | voluntary | volunteer | wallowing in wealth | warm | wealthy | well provided for | well-fixed | well-heeled | well-off | well-to-do | willful See Also | free | individualist | separate | worker Independent In Webster's Dictionary \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf.
F. ind['e]pendant.]
1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not
relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly
independent.
A dry, but independent crust. --Cowper.
2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent
property.
3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious;
self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence;
free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or
manner.
5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
That obligation in general, under which we conceive
ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those
resources which the law provides for its own
enforcement. --R. P. Ward.
6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the
doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to
value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or
functions.
8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free
choice in voting with either or any party.
{Independent company} (Mil.), one not incorporated in any
regiment.
{Independent seconds watch}, a stop watch having a second
hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc.,
for timing to a fraction of a second.
{Independent variable}. (Math.) See {Dependent variable},
under {Dependent}.
Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant;
bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
\In`de*pend"ent\, n. 1. (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. Note: In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl.) to the Congregationalists. 2. (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. |
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