1. independent - Noun
2. independent - Adjective
3. independent - Adjective Satellite
Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
Source: Webster's dictionaryan autonomous judiciary Source: Internet
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an independent mind Source: Internet
a series of independent judgments Source: Internet
fiercely independent individualism Source: Internet
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb Source: Internet