Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "independent" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

contingent dependent dependent enslaved needy

Derived Terms

Commonwealth of Independent States Independent Olympic Participant act of independent significance affinely independent algebraically independent case independent case-independent defense-independent pitching statistics independency independent city independent clause independent contractor independent counsel independent function independent genitive independent means independent mini-nation independent possessive independent scholar independent set independent variable independentism independentist independentization independentize independently language-independent linearly independent mini-independent country nonindependent platform-independent pseudoindependent redundant array of independent disks semi-independent teal independent time-independent time-independent Markovian type

Distinct From

dem democratic republican slave

Context

grammar politics sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

individualist worker

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

language-independent order-independent redshift-independent system-dependent

Type Of (IsA)

newspaper

Related Terms

depend dependence dependently independence pendant pending

Related Terms

adjective alone alone free attitude autonomy bank being being alone being free by itself by oneself by self candidate celebrated celebrated july comfortable conference contingent day declaration declaration of deep depend depend self dependent four four july fourth fourth july free freedom freethinker functional going going alone huh in deep independence individualism itself july july day july four july fourth label league livelihood loner miss miss song neutral on own oneself own party political political party politics record record label reliant revolutionary revolutionary war secession self self reliant self sufficiency self sufficient self support separate single solely solely functional solo song sufficiency sufficient support team third third party uncommitted us voter war yes

Similar Terms

autarkic autarkical autarkical autonomous autonomous breakaway case by case commutative commutative fissiparous fissiparous free free-living indie indie nonparasitic nonparasitic nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartizan nonsymbiotic self directed self sufficient self supporting self-directed self-reliant self-sufficient self-sufficing self-supporting self-sustaining separate separatist single handed single-handed strong minded strong-minded unaffiliated unaffiliated unconditional unconditional

Synonym Network

autonomous free freelance mugwump self governing selfstanding

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