independent - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Synonyms

• free lance
• free-lance
• freelance
• freelancer
• independent
• self-employed person

More generic

• worker

Noun

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Synonyms

• fencesitter
• independent
• mugwump

More generic

• individualist

Adjective

free from external control and constraint

Synonyms

• independent

Related

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

Opposite / Antonyms

• dependent

Also See

• free
• separate

Adjective

(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

Synonyms

• independent
• main

Opposite / Antonyms

• dependent

Adjective

not controlled by a party or interest group

Synonyms

• independent

Related

• nonpartisan
• nonpartizan

Adjective

(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

Synonyms

• autonomous
• independent
• self-governing
• sovereign

Related

• free

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