independent

independent is a 11-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
2. adjective. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
3. adjective. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
4. adjective. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
5. adjective. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
6. adjective. Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
7. adjective. Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
8. adjective. Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
9. noun. One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
10. noun. One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
11. noun. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

    Synonyms: freelance, freelancer

12. noun. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

    Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump

13. adjective. free from external control and constraint

    "an independent mind"

    "a series of independent judgments"

14. 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"

    Synonyms: main

15. adjective. not controlled by a party or interest group
16. adjective. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

    "an autonomous judiciary"

    "a sovereign state"

    Synonyms: autonomous, sovereign

Synonyms

freelance, freelancer, fencesitter, mugwump, main, autonomous, sovereign

Common word forms

independents, independently

Words from these letters

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