1. (noun) mugwump, independent, fencesitter
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Synonyms: mugwump, free-lance, freelancer, free lance, independent, freelance, fencesitter, self-employed person
Antonyms: helpless, mutualist, unfree, leechlike, parasitical, reliant, babelike, bloodsucking, underage, partisan, subordinate, symbiotic, partizan, myrmecophilous, dependent, parasitic, interdependent, mutually beneficial
2. (adj) freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person
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 person
Antonyms: subordinate, leechlike, bloodsucking, mutually beneficial, dependent, symbiotic, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, parasitic, babelike, partizan, unfree, helpless, myrmecophilous, underage, reliant, interdependent
3. (adj) independent
free from external control and constraint
Synonyms: self-governing, autonomous, main(a), sovereign
Antonyms: bloodsucking, underage, mutually beneficial, babelike, leechlike, mutualist, symbiotic, partizan, dependent, partisan, interdependent, helpless, myrmecophilous, subordinate, unfree, parasitical, reliant, parasitic
4. (adj) autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Synonyms: main(a), self-reliant, supreme, autonomous, sovereign, self-governing, self-directed, independent
Antonyms: symbiotic, myrmecophilous, mutually beneficial, interdependent, leechlike, unfree, babelike, dependent, bloodsucking, underage, partizan, helpless, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, subordinate, reliant, parasitic
5. (adj) independent, main(a)
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Antonyms: subordinate, mutualist, reliant, symbiotic, partisan, dependent, leechlike, bloodsucking, interdependent, parasitic, babelike, partizan, parasitical, unfree, underage, helpless, myrmecophilous, mutually beneficial
6. (adj) independent
not controlled by a party or interest group
Synonyms: self-governing, autonomous, main(a), sovereign
Antonyms: parasitic, parasitical, myrmecophilous, unfree, reliant, mutually beneficial, babelike, bloodsucking, mutualist, leechlike, subordinate, underage, helpless, partisan, symbiotic, dependent, partizan, interdependent
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