English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From French indépendant
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/ Hyphenation: in‧de‧pend‧ent Adjective [ edit ] independent (comparative more independentsuperlative most independent
Not dependent ; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
( politics ) Not affiliated with any political party .
the independent candidate Providing a comfortable livelihood .
an independent property
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
a man of an independent mind
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 [ edit ]
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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)
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 ) , 독립적 인 ( dongnipjeogin )
Kurdish:
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
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independent (plural independents
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party , a freethinker , free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
( sports ) A team not affiliated with any league or conference .Translations [ edit ]
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party
a neutral or uncommitted person
a team not affiliated with any league or conference
Catalan [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] independent (masculine and feminine plural independents
independent Related terms [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] 
