Independent

Word INDEPENDENT
Character 11
Hyphenation in de pend ent
Pronunciations /ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Independent"

What do we mean by independent?

Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing. adjective

Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant. adjective

Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent. adjective

Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization. adjective

Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity. adjective

Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting. adjective

Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working. adjective

Not dependent on other variables. adjective

Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system. adjective

Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents. adjective

One that is independent, especially a voter, officeholder, or political candidate who is not committed to a political party. noun

A member of a movement in England in the 17th century advocating the political and religious independence of individual congregations. noun

A Congregationalist. noun

Not dependent; not requiring the support or not subject to the control or controlling influence of others; not relying on others for direction or guidance; not subordinate; of things, not standing in a relation of dependence to something else: used absolutely or followed by of, formerly sometimes by on: as, a person's fortunes in life are quite independent of the configuration of the planets at his nativity.

Not due to or connected with dependence; pertaining to or permitting freedom of action; free of control or restraint: as, an independent income, estate, or position; independent action.

Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

Proceeding from or expressive of a spirit of independence; free; easy; self-confident; bold; unconstrained: as, an independent air or manner.

Irrespective; exclusive; without taking note or notice: followed by of.

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.

A neutral or uncommitted person.

A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Independent

The word "independent" in example sentences

The term 'independent journalist' here usually refers to reporters for a news source other than those owned by the state or political parties, though this does not necessarily mean they are free of outside interests. ❋ Maurice Chammah (2012)

A Money & Investing article on Wednesday mistakenly used the word independent instead of initial. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Canada will remain independent from the United States to the extent it will be able to develop its inner resources in men, in ideas and in ideals. ❋ Unknown (1966)

The camera and medical device maker says outside lawyers and accountants will be part of what it called an independent review. ❋ Associated Press (2011)

■ Remember that the word "independent" sounds sweet, but can taste pretty sour. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's a title independent analyst John Avalon gives to someone on the far right and on the far left who he says is trying to divide us rather than unite us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a title independent analyst John Avlon gives to someone on the far right and the far left who he says is trying to divide us rather than unite us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The contract said that from the day we finished our album, Transcon had exactly one year to release our album in the United States or we would have the right to find ourselves a separate American label independent of Pearlman and Transcon. ❋ Lance Bass (2007)

The Miami Herald doing what they described as their independent analysis of all of the votes, and they concluded that if there was a fair count, Al Gore would carry Florida by 23,000 votes. ❋ Unknown (2000)

But I helped organize clinics in what we called independent, unorganized territory, and I helped and worked up these what we called institutes, school health institutes for teachers. ❋ Unknown (1976)

This was important in more ways than one: it was universally recognized that the word "king" meant much more than "lord"; and it gave him a title independent of the Pope's donation. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

` ` The Sidier Dhu? the black soldier; that is what they call the independent companies that were raised to keep peace and law in the Highlands. ❋ Unknown (1877)

These are his own words: "My appointments, with my frugality, had made me reach a fortune which I called independent, though most of my friends were inclined to smile when I said so: in short, I was now master of near a thousand pounds." ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

But there should be an asterisk next to the word "independent."

In fact it was at the prime minister's insistence that I inserted the word 'independent'. ❋ Nicholas Watt (2011)

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