independent

English

Etymology

From French indépendant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

   the independent candidate

3. Providing a comfortable livelihood.

   an independent property

4. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

   a man of an independent mind

5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
   • R. P. Ward

     That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.

Synonyms

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• autonomous
• free
• selfstanding

Antonyms

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• contingent
• dependent

Hyponyms

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• language-independent
• order-independent
• redshift-independent
• system-dependent

Derived terms

• act of independent significance
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• defense-independent pitching statistics
• independency
• independent city
• independent clause
• independent contractor
• independent function
• independentism
• independentist
• independentization
• independentize
• independently
• Independent Olympic Participant
• independent set
• independent variable
• language-independent
• linearly independent
• nonindependent
• platform-independent
• redundant array of independent disks
• time-independent

 

Related terms

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

 

Translations

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

• Albanian: pavarur (sq)
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِل‎ (mustaqil), حُرّ‎ (ar) (ḥurr)
• Armenian: անկախ (hy) (ankax), ինքնուրույն (hy) (inkʿnuruyn)
• Azerbaijani: müstəqil (az)
• Bashkir: бойондороҡһоҙ (boyondoroqhoð)
• Belarusian: незале́жны (njezaljéžny), самасто́йны (samastójny)
• Bulgarian: незави́сим (bg) (nezavísim)
• Burmese: လွတ်လပ် (my) (lwatlap)
• Catalan: independent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨立 (zh), 独立 (zh) (dúlì)

• Crimean Tatar: mustaqil
• Czech: nezávislý
• Danish: uafhængig (da), selvstændig (da)
• Dutch: onafhankelijk (nl), zelfstandig (nl)
• Esperanto: memstara, sendependa
• Estonian: sõltumatu
• Finnish: riippumaton (fi), itsenäinen (fi), vapaa (fi)
• French: indépendant (fr)
• Georgian: დამოუკიდებელი (ka) (damouḳidebeli)
• German: unabhängig (de), selbständig (de)
• Greek: ανεξάρτητος (el) m (anexártitos)
• Hindi: स्वतंत्र (hi) (svatantra)
• Hungarian: független (hu)
• Icelandic: sjálfstæður
• Indonesian: merdeka (id)
• Irish: neamhspleách
• Italian: indipendente (it)
• Japanese: 独立した (ja) (どくりつした, dokuritsu shita)
• Kazakh: тәуелсіз (täwelsiz), азат (kk) (azat)
• Khmer: ឯករាជ (km) (ʾaekaʾriəc)
• Korean: 독립의 (ko) (dongnibui), 독립적인 (dongnipjeogin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: serbixwe (ku)

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

• Kyrgyz: көз каранды эмес (köz karandı emes)
• Lao: ອິສະລະ (’i sa la)
• Latin: independens
• Latvian: neatkarīgs
• Lithuanian: nepriklausomas
• Macedonian: независeн (nezavisen)
• Malay: merdeka (ms)
• Mongolian: бие даасан (bije daasan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uavhengig (no), selvstendig (no)

• Persian: مستقل‎ (fa) (mostaqel)
• Polish: niezależny (pl), niezawisły (pl), niepodległy (pl)
• Portuguese: independente (pt)
• Romanian: independent (ro), liber (ro)
• Russian: незави́симый (ru) (nezavísimyj), самостоя́тельный (ru) (samostojátelʹnyj), свобо́дный (ru) (svobódnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-eisimeileach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самосталан, независан, неовисан

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

• Slovak: nezávislý
• Slovene: neodvisen (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower: samostatny

• Spanish: independiente (es)
• Swedish: självständig (sv), oberoende (sv)
• Tagalog: sarilinin
• Tajik: мустақил (mustaqil)
• Thai: อิสระ (th) (ìt-sà-rà)
• Tibetan: རང་བཙན (rang btsan)
• Turkish: bağımsız (tr)
• Turkmen: özbaşdak, garaşsyz
• Ukrainian: незале́жний (nezaléžnyj), самості́йний (samostíjnyj)
• Uzbek: mustaqil (uz), ozod (uz)
• Vietnamese: độc lập (vi)

not aligned with any political party

• Esperanto: senpartia
• Finnish: sitoutumaton (fi)
• German: unabhängig (de)
• Japanese: 無所属 (mushozoku)

• Latvian: neatkarīgs
• Malay: bebas
• Polish: niezrzeszony (pl) m
• Portuguese: independente (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} مستقل‎ (fa)

Noun

independent (plural independents)

1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
2. A neutral or uncommitted person.
3. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Translations

a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party

• Portuguese: independente (pt) m, f, candidato/eleitor independente m

a neutral or uncommitted person

a team not affiliated with any league or conference

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

independent (masculine and feminine plural independents)

1. independent

Related terms

• independència
• independitzar
• independentment

Further reading

• “independent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.