independent

English

Etymology

in- +‎ dependent

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/

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• Hyphenation: in‧de‧pend‧ent

Adjective

independent (comparative more independent, superlative most independent)

1. not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
2. (politics) not affiliated with any political party

Synonyms

• autonomous
• free
• selfstanding

Antonyms

• contingent
• dependent

Translations

not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free

• Albanian: pavarur (sq)
• Arabic: مستقل (ar) (mustáqil), حر (ar) (Hurr)
• Catalan: independent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨立 (cmn), 独立 (cmn) (dúlì)

• Czech: nezávislý (cs)
• Dutch: onafhankelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: memstara (eo), sendependa (eo)
• Estonian: sõltumatu (et)
• Finnish: riippumaton (fi), itsenäinen (fi), vapaa (fi)
• French: indépendant (fr)
• German: unabhängig (de)
• Greek: ανεξάρτητος (el) (aneksártitos) m 
• Hungarian: független (hu)
• Indonesian: merdeka (id)
• Irish: neamhspleách (ga)
• Italian: indipendente (it)
• Japanese: 独立 (ja) (どくりつ, dokuritsu)
• Khmer: ឯករាជ (km) (aikgareeich)
• Korean: 독립 (ko) (doglip)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌ربه‌ست (ku) (sarbast), سه‌ربه‌خۆ (ku) (sarbakho)

• Latin: independens (la)
• Lower Sorbian: samostatny
• Macedonian: независно (mk) (nezavisno) n, независeн (mk) (nezavisen) m, независнa (mk) (nezavisna) f
• Malay: merdeka (ms)
• Persian: مستقل (fa) (mostaqel)
• Polish: niezależny (pl), niezawisły (pl)
• Portuguese: independente (pt)
• Romanian: independent (ro)
• Russian: независимый (ru) (nezavísimyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-eisimeileach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самосталан (sh), независан (sh), неовисан (sh)

  Roman: sȁmostālan (sh), nezávisan (sh), nȅovisan (sh)

• Slovak: nezávislý (sk)
• Spanish: independiente (es)

not aligned with any political party

• Finnish: sitoutumaton (fi)
• German: unabhängig (de)

• Polish: niezrzeszony (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

• Persian: مستقل (fa)

Derived terms

• independent contractor
• independent film
• independent means
• independency
• independently

Related terms

• depend
• dependence
• dependently
• independence
• independently
• pendant
• pending

Noun

independent (plural independents)

1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
2. A neutral or uncommitted person.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

independent m (feminine independenta, masculine plural independents, feminine plural independentes)

1. independent

Related terms

• independència
• independitzar
• independentment