independent

English

Etymology

From Latin independens, present participle from prefix in-, not, plus dependens, dependent or literally hanging from, from verb dependere, depend, hang from, from prefix de-, from or concerning, plus pendere, hang

Pronunciation

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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) Croatian: nȅovisan (hr), nezávisan (hr), sȁmostālan (hr) 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 Lower Sorbian: samostatny Macedonian: независно n. (nezavisno), независeн m. (nezavisen), независнa f. (nezavisna) 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) Serbian: samostalan m., samostalna f., samostalno n., nezavisno n., nezavisan m., nezavisna f. Slovak: nezávislý (sk) Spanish: independiente (es)

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Persian: مستقل

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