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 (sq)
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِل ‎(mustaqil), حُرّ (ar) ‎(ḥurr)
• Armenian: անկախ (hy) ‎(ankax), ինքնուրույն (hy) ‎(inkʿnuruyn)
• Burmese: လွတ်လပ် (my) ‎(lwatlap)
• Catalan: independent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨立 (zh), 独立 (zh) ‎(dúlì)

• Crimean Tatar: mustaqil
• Czech: nezávislý
• Dutch: onafhankelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: memstara, sendependa
• Estonian: sõltumatu
• Finnish: riippumaton (fi), itsenäinen (fi), vapaa (fi)
• French: indépendant (fr)
• Georgian: დამოუკიდებელი (ka) ‎(damouḳidebeli)
• 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 (km) ‎(aikgareeich)
• Korean: 독립 (ko) ‎(doglip)
• Kurdish:

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

• Latin: independens
• Latvian: neatkarīgs
• Lower Sorbian: samostatny
• Macedonian: независно n ‎(nezavisno), независeн m ‎(nezavisen), независнa f ‎(nezavisna)
• Malay: merdeka (ms)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uavhengig (no)

• Persian: مستقل (fa) ‎(mostaqel)
• Polish: niezależny (pl), niezawisły
• 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
• Spanish: independiente (es)
• Swedish: självständig (sv), oberoende (sv)
• Tagalog: sarilinin
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: bağımsız (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

not aligned with any political party

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

• Japanese: 無所属 ‎(mushozoku)
• Latvian: neatkarīgs
• Polish: niezrzeszony m

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Translations to be checked

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

Derived terms

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

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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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

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

1. independent

Related terms

• independència
• independitzar
• independentment