Synonyms for independent
ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dəntin·de·pen·dent

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1. independentadjective

   Synonyms:
   autonomous, free, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   dependent, contingent

2. independentadjective

   not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free

   Synonyms:
   autonomous, selfstanding, free

   Antonyms:
   dependent, contingent

3. independentadjective

   A neutral or uncommitted person.

   Synonyms:
   free, autonomous, selfstanding

   Antonyms:
   dependent, contingent

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1. mugwump, independent, fencesitternoun

   a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

   Synonyms:
   mugwump, free-lance, freelancer, free lance, 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. freelancer, 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, self-employed person

   Antonyms:
   subordinate, leechlike, bloodsucking, mutually beneficial, dependent, symbiotic, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, parasitic, babelike, partizan, unfree, helpless, myrmecophilous, underage, reliant, interdependent

3. independentadjective

   free from external control and constraint

   "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

   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. autonomous, 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

   Antonyms:
   symbiotic, myrmecophilous, mutually beneficial, interdependent, leechlike, unfree, babelike, dependent, bloodsucking, underage, partizan, helpless, mutualist, partisan, parasitical, subordinate, reliant, parasitic

5. independent, 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 beneficial

6. independentadjective

   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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1. • Individualist
   • Politics

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1. independentadjective

   Synonyms:
   unrelated, unconnected, free, self-directing, unrestricted, unrestrained, absolute, not dependent, not subordinate

2. independentadjective

   Synonyms:
   unconstrained, easy, bold

3. independentadjective

   Synonyms:
   irrespective

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1. independentadjective

   Synonyms:
   self-governing, autonomous, self-reliant, exclusive, irrespective, affluent

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1. 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

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1. Robert Redfield:

   We're very comfortable in responding when we have data that is compelling, cDC, as an organization ... we're not an opinion organization. We're a science-based data driven organization. So I do think this is going to be an independent decision of these health care providers and patients.

2. Joe Biden:

   Taiwan makes their own judgments about their independence. We are not moving – we're not encouraging their being independent. We're not – that – that's their decision.

3. Jim Carafano:

   Theywould rather buy oil from our adversarieswho will actually use that money to attack American interests than pump oil and gas here, which would actually put more money in the American economy and actually make us more energy independent.

4. Chief Executive Shameel Joosub:

   Vodacom's 5G launch in South Africa comes at an important time as it will help us improve our network efficiency during the COVID-19 national state of disaster, this is largely due to the allocation of temporary spectrum by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) which has already mitigated the network congestion we have experienced since the start of the lockdown period.

5. Stephen Vladeck:

   His views of the President's constitutional authority would call into question at least some of the means through which a sitting president can be investigated, there's no question other investigative avenues remain, especially through Congress. But the' unitary executive' theory that Judge Kavanaugh has so often embraced is difficult to reconcile with even a somewhat-independent prosecutor within the executive branch who doesn't serve at the pleasure of the President.