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(satellite adjective) not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else |
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(satellite adjective) not contingent |
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(adjective) free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic" |
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Antonyms: dependent |
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(adjective) (grammar) of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" |
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Synonyms: main |
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Antonyms: dependent |
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(satellite adjective) not controlled by a party or interest group |
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(satellite adjective) of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" |
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Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign |
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(noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them |
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Synonyms: freelance, self-employed person |
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Related Words: worker |
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(noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) |
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Synonyms: mugwump |
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Related Words: individualist |
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