What is another word for Independent?
Synonyms for Independent
ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dəntin·de·pen·dent
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Wiktionary
independentadjective
Synonyms:
autonomous, free, selfstandingAntonyms:
dependent, contingentindependentadjective
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Synonyms:
autonomous, selfstanding, freeAntonyms:
dependent, contingentindependentadjective
A neutral or uncommitted person.
Synonyms:
free, autonomous, selfstandingAntonyms:
dependent, contingent
Princeton's WordNet
mugwump, independent, fencesitternoun
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Synonyms:
mugwump, free-lance, freelancer, free lance, independent, freelance, fencesitter, self-employed personAntonyms:
helpless, mutualist, unfree, leechlike, parasitical, reliant, babelike, bloodsucking, underage, partisan, subordinate, symbiotic, partizan, myrmecophilous, dependent, parasitic, interdependent, mutually beneficialfreelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed personadjective
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Synonyms:
fencesitter, mugwump, free-lance, freelancer, free lance, freelance, independent, self-employed personAntonyms:
subordinate, leechlike, bloodsucking, mutually beneficial, dependent, symbiotic, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, parasitic, babelike, partizan, unfree, helpless, myrmecophilous, underage, reliant, interdependentindependentadjective
free from external control and constraint
"an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
Synonyms:
self-governing, autonomous, main(a), sovereignAntonyms:
bloodsucking, underage, mutually beneficial, babelike, leechlike, mutualist, symbiotic, partizan, dependent, partisan, interdependent, helpless, myrmecophilous, subordinate, unfree, parasitical, reliant, parasiticautonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereignadjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
Synonyms:
main(a), self-reliant, supreme, autonomous, sovereign, self-governing, self-directed, independentAntonyms:
symbiotic, myrmecophilous, mutually beneficial, interdependent, leechlike, unfree, babelike, dependent, bloodsucking, underage, partizan, helpless, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, subordinate, reliant, parasiticindependent, main(a)adjective
(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"
Antonyms:
subordinate, mutualist, reliant, symbiotic, partisan, dependent, leechlike, bloodsucking, interdependent, parasitic, babelike, partizan, parasitical, unfree, underage, helpless, myrmecophilous, mutually beneficialindependentadjective
not controlled by a party or interest group
Synonyms:
self-governing, autonomous, main(a), sovereignAntonyms:
parasitic, parasitical, myrmecophilous, unfree, reliant, mutually beneficial, babelike, bloodsucking, mutualist, leechlike, subordinate, underage, helpless, partisan, symbiotic, dependent, partizan, interdependent
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Editors Contribution
moral courage
Dictionary of English Synonymes
independentadjective
Synonyms:
unrelated, unconnected, free, self-directing, unrestricted, unrestrained, absolute, not dependent, not subordinateindependentadjective
Synonyms:
unconstrained, easy, boldindependentadjective
Synonyms:
irrespective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
independentadjective
Synonyms:
self-governing, autonomous, self-reliant, exclusive, irrespective, affluent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "independent":
independence, stand-alone, separate, self-employed, autonomous, standalone, freelance, arms-length, discrete, unrelated, self-contained, indépendants, free-standing, independiente, non-attached, independently, selfemployed, sovereign, independant, independents, unbound, self-reliant, self-standing, self-governing, autonomy, irrespective, self-sustaining, self-employment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#1264 | independent | |
#2228 | separate | |
#3424 | supreme | |
#4703 | independence | |
#7662 | independently | |
#8092 | freelance | |
#9160 | discrete | |
#11855 | autonomous | |
#11966 | sovereign | |
#13990 | autonomy | |
#14031 | unrelated | |
#16389 | standalone | |
#20102 | irrespective | |
#21077 | unbound | |
#27801 | independents | |
#29089 | independant | |
#33647 | freelancer | |
#81964 | independiente | |
#220515 | mugwump |
How to use Independent in a sentence?
Economically, because of sanctions that will be slammed on Russia immediately. Militarily, because we are not the country that will give up. This is our land, we will be defending it, you see, [Russia] tried to suffocate us, destabilize us, and shatter us from the inside for the last 300 years. But they failed. I'm still sitting here with you, a foreign minister of independent Ukraine. We know the threat, we understand it, we learned how to live with it, and we stand for a just cause.
We won't be independent candidates, we will be PDCI candidates.
The speaker goes; we find out the president didn't want her to go, then [White House adviser] John Kirby says we don't support independent Taiwan. What are we doing here? we need to be speaking with one voice as Republicans and Democrats for the good of our country and the good of the world.
It will be very hard for sectors that bet on the overthrow of the government to reposition themselves in the current situation, there are other independent civil society groups that don't want to overthrow the government.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Translations for Independent
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- مستقل, حرArabic
- independentCatalan, Valencian
- nezávislýCzech
- uafhængigDanish
- unabhängigGerman
- ανεξάρτητοςGreek
- sendependa, memstaraEsperanto
- independienteSpanish
- sõltumatuEstonian
- مستقلPersian
- itsenäinen, sitoutumaton, riippumaton, vapaaFinnish
- indépendantFrench
- neamhspleáchIrish
- neo-eisimeileachScottish Gaelic
- स्वतंत्रHindi
- függetlenHungarian
- merdekaIndonesian
- indipendenteItalian
- 独立, 独立したJapanese
- ឯករាជKhmer
- ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರKannada
- 독립적 인, 독립Korean
- سهربهخۆ, سهربهستKurdish
- sui iuris, independensLatin
- neatkarīgsLatvian
- независнa, независно, независeнMacedonian
- merdekaMalay
- uavhengigNorwegian
- onafhankelijkDutch
- uavhengigNorwegian
- niezawisły, niezrzeszony, niezależnyPolish
- independentePortuguese
- liber, independentRomanian
- независимыйRussian
- независан, неовисан, nȅovisan, nezávisan, самосталан, sȁmostālanSerbo-Croatian
- nezávislýSlovak
- pavarurAlbanian
- självständig, oberoendeSwedish
- சுயாதீனTamil
- bağımsızTurkish
- 獨立Chinese
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