independent

(a) free from external control and constraint
- an independent mind
- a series of independent judgments
- fiercely independent individualism
(s) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
- an autonomous judiciary
- a sovereign state
autonomous, self-governing, sovereign,
(a) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
main,
(s) not controlled by a party or interest group

(n) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) fencesitter, mugwump,
(n) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them freelance, free-lance, free lance, freelancer, self-employed person,

fencesitter mugwump autonomous self-governing sovereign freelance free-lance freelancer self-employed person main

dependent subordinate

independent agency independent clause independently Independent State of Papua New Guinea Independent State of Samoa independent variable