adj · noun · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not affiliated with any political party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
Examples
the independent candidate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
an independent property
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a man of an independent mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A neutral or uncommitted person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A small, privately owned business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
An individual, group, or church that operates outside the authority, structure, or dogma of established, hierarchical, or denominational bodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
An individual governed by spiritual independence; self-governed under divine guidance rather than swayed by human opinions, mortal beliefs, or external influences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
adjective
Meaning 12
free from external control and constraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an independent mind
a series of independent judgments
fiercely independent individualism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dependent
13
adjective
Meaning 13
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: main(a)
Antonyms: dependent
14
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
not controlled by a party or interest group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, self-employed person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
17
noun
Meaning 17
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mugwump, fencesitter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: individualist
History
Etymology
From French indépendant, equivalent to in- + dependent.
Across languages
Translations
131 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
onafhanklik
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Albanian:
pavarur
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Arabic:
مُسْتَقِل
(mustaqil)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Arabic:
حُرّ
(ḥurr)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Armenian:
անկախ
(ankax)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Armenian:
ինքնուրույն
(inkʻnuruyn)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Azerbaijani:
müstəqil
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Bashkir:
бойондороҡһоҙ
(boyondoroqhoź)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Belarusian:
незале́жны
(njezaljéžny)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Belarusian:
самасто́йны
(samastójny)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Central Bikol:
talingkas
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Bulgarian:
незави́сим
(nezavísim)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Burmese:
လွတ်လပ်
(lwatlap)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Catalan:
independent
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Chinese Mandarin:
獨立 /独立
(dúlì)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Crimean Tatar:
mustaqil
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Czech:
nezávislý
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Danish:
uafhængig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Danish:
selvstændig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Dutch:
onafhankelijk
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Dutch:
zelfstandig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Esperanto:
memstara
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Esperanto:
sendependa
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Estonian:
sõltumatu
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Estonian:
iseseisev
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Finnish:
riippumaton
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Finnish:
itsenäinen
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Finnish:
vapaa
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
French:
indépendant
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Galician:
independente
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Georgian:
დამოუკიდებელი
(damouḳidebeli)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
German:
unabhängig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
German:
selbständig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Greek:
ανεξάρτητος
(anexártitos)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Hindi:
स्वतंत्र
(svatantra)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Hindi:
स्वाधीन
(svādhīn)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Hindi:
आज़ाद
(āzād)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Hungarian:
független
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Hungarian:
önálló
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Icelandic:
sjálfstæður
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Indonesian:
merdeka
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Irish:
neamhspleách
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Italian:
indipendente
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Japanese:
独立した
(dokuritsu shita)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Kazakh:
тәуелсіз
(täuelsız)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Kazakh:
азат
(azat)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Khmer:
ឯករាជ
(ʼaekaʼriəc)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Korean:
독립의
(dongnib-ui)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Korean:
독립적인
(dongnipjeog-in)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Central Kurdish:
سەربەست
(serbest)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Central Kurdish:
سەربەخۆ
(serbexo)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Northern Kurdish:
serbixwe
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Kyrgyz:
көз каранды эмес
(köz karandı emes)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Lao:
ອິສະລະ
(ʼi sa la)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Latin:
independens
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Latvian:
neatkarīgs
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Lithuanian:
nepriklausomas
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Macedonian:
независен
(nezavisen)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Malay:
merdeka
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Malay:
mandiri
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Malayalam:
സ്വതന്ത്ര
(svatantra)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Mongolian:
бие даасан
(bije daasan)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Norwegian Bokmål:
uavhengig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Norwegian Bokmål:
selvstendig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Occitan:
independent
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Pashto:
خپلواک
(xpəlwāk)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Persian:
مستقل
(mostaqel)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Polish:
niepodległy
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Polish:
niezależny
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Polish:
niezawisły
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Portuguese:
independente
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Romanian:
independent
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Romanian:
liber
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Russian:
незави́симый
(nezavísimyj)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Russian:
самостоя́тельный
(samostojátelʹnyj)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Russian:
свобо́дный
(svobódnyj)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Sanskrit:
स्वतन्त्र
(svatantra)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Scottish Gaelic:
neo-eisimeileach
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
самосталан
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
независан
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
неовисан
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
sȁmostālan
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
nezávisan
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Serbo-Croatian:
nȅovisan
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Slovak:
nezávislý
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Slovene:
neodvisen
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Lower Sorbian:
samostatny
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Spanish:
independiente
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Swedish:
självständig
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Swedish:
oberoende
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Tagalog:
malaya
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Tajik:
мустақил
(mustaqil)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Thai:
อิสระ
(ìt-sà-rà)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Tibetan:
རང་བཙན
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Turkish:
bağımsız
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Turkmen:
özbaşdak
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Turkmen:
garaşsyz
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Ukrainian:
незале́жний
(nezaléžnyj)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Ukrainian:
самості́йний
(samostíjnyj)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Urdu:
آزاد
(āzād)
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Uzbek:
mustaqil
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Uzbek:
ozod
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Vietnamese:
độc lập
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Woiwurrung:
yering-garrine
— not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
Afrikaans:
onafhanklik
— not aligned with any political party
Bulgarian:
независим
(nezavisim)
— not aligned with any political party
Burmese:
တစ်သီးပုဂ္ဂလ
(tacsi:pugga.la.)
— not aligned with any political party
Chinese Mandarin:
無黨籍 /无党籍
(wúdǎngjí)
— not aligned with any political party
Esperanto:
senpartia
— not aligned with any political party
Finnish:
sitoutumaton
— not aligned with any political party
Galician:
independente
— not aligned with any political party
German:
unabhängig
— not aligned with any political party
Hungarian:
független
— not aligned with any political party
Hungarian:
párton kívüli
— not aligned with any political party
Icelandic:
utanflokka
— not aligned with any political party
Italian:
indipendente
— not aligned with any political party
Japanese:
無所属
(mushozoku)
— not aligned with any political party
Korean:
무소속
(musosok)
— not aligned with any political party
Latvian:
neatkarīgs
— not aligned with any political party
Malay:
bebas
— not aligned with any political party
Polish:
niezrzeszony
— not aligned with any political party
Portuguese:
independente
— not aligned with any political party
Spanish:
independiente
— not aligned with any political party
Swedish:
partilös
— not aligned with any political party
Swedish:
oberoende
— not aligned with any political party
Urdu:
آزاد اُمیدوار
(āzād umīdvār)
— not aligned with any political party
Afrikaans:
onafhanklike kandidaat
— a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party
Bulgarian:
независим кандидат
(nezavisim kandidat)
— a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party
Portuguese:
independente
— a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party
Portuguese:
candidato/eleitor independente
— a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party
Bulgarian:
независим отбор
(nezavisim otbor)
— a team not affiliated with any league or conference