independent

Meanings

Noun

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Adjective

• free from external control and constraint
  • "an independent mind"
  • "a series of independent judgments"
  • "fiercely independent individualism"
• (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"

Adjective Satellite

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
• not controlled by a party or interest group

Synonyms

autonomous, fencesitter, free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, main, mugwump, self-employed person, self-governing, sovereign

Antonyms

dependent