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
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

• autonomous
• free
• selfstanding

Antonyms

• contingent
• dependent

Translations

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

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

  Mandarin: 獨立 (zh), 独立 (zh) (dúlì)

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

• Korean: 독립 (ko) (doglip)
• Kurdish:

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

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

  Cyrillic: самосталан, независан, неовисан

  Roman: sȁmostālan, nezávisan, nȅovisan

• Slovak: nezávislý
• Spanish: independiente (es)

not aligned with any political party

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

• Polish: niezrzeszony 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