independent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Types & categories
- individualist hypernym
Related & opposite
- political science domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
free from external control and constraint
an independent mind
Related & opposite
- free also see
- separate also see
- dependent antonym
- independence attribute
- independence derivation
- autarkic similar to
- self-directed similar to
- autonomous similar to
- breakaway similar to
- commutative similar to
- free-living similar to
- indie similar to
- case-by-case similar to
- self-sufficient similar to
- self-supporting similar to
- single-handed similar to
- strong-minded similar to
- unaffiliated similar to
- unconditional similar to
Sense 3 noun
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
Related & opposite
- freelance derivation
Sense 4 adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
Related & opposite
- liberty derivation
- independence derivation
- free similar to
Sense 5 adjective
(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
Related & opposite
- subordinate antonym
- grammar domain topic
Sense 6 adjective
not controlled by a party or interest group
Related & opposite
- independence derivation
- nonpartisan similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | individualist |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | free |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | separate |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dependent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | autarkic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-directed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | autonomous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | breakaway |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | commutative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | free-living |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | indie |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | case-by-case |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-sufficient |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-supporting |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | single-handed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | strong-minded |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unaffiliated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconditional |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | freelance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | free |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | grammar |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonpartisan |