1. (noun)mugwump, independent, fencesitter a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
2. (noun)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
3. (adj)independent free from external control and constraint
"an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
4. (adj)autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
"an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
5. (adj)independent, main(a) (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"
6. (adj)independent not controlled by a party or interest group
Definition of 'independent'
