ALL meanings of independent
in·de·pend·ent
I i - adjective independent executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry. 1
- adjective independent working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business. 1
- adjective independent expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen. 1
- adjective independent free from party commitments in voting: the independent voter. 1
- adjective independent Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value. 1
- adjective independent Grammar. capable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence: an independent clause. Compare dependent (def 4), main1 (def 4). 1
- adjective independent Logic. (of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others. (of a proposition) belonging to such a set. 1
- adjective independent Statistics. statistically independent. 1
- adjective independent (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. of or relating to the Independents. 1
- noun independent an independent person or thing. 1
- noun independent a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents. 1
- noun independent Politics. a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party. 1
- noun independent (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an adherent of Independency. 1
- noun independent British. a Congregationalist. 1
- idioms independent independent of, irrespective of; regardless of: Independent of monetary considerations, it was a promising position. 1
- adjective independent person: free 1
- adjective independent free 1
- adjective independent person: financially free 1
- noun independent person: managing alone 1
- noun independent without the financial support of 1
- adjective independent not reliant on other things 1
- noun independent regardless of, irrespective of 1
- adjective independent politics 1
- adjective independent mathematics: variable 1
- adjective independent income: non-labor 1
- noun independent Free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. 1
- adjective independent not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker. 1
- adjective independent not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman. 1
- adjective independent not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research. 1
- adjective independent not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc. 1
- adjective independent not relying on another or others for aid or support. 1
- adjective independent rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others. 1
- adjective independent possessing a competency: to be financially independent. 1
- adjective independent sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income. 1
- adjective independent free from control in action, judgment, etc; autonomous 0
- adjective independent not dependent on anything else for function, validity, etc; separate 0
- adjective independent not reliant on the support, esp financial support, of others 0
- adjective independent capable of acting for oneself or on one's own 0
- adjective independent providing a large unearned sum towards one's support (esp in the phrases independent income, independent means) 0
- adjective independent living on an unearned income 0
- adjective independent (of a system of equations) not linearly dependent 0
- adjective independent (of two or more variables) distributed so that the value taken by one variable will have no effect on that taken by another or others 0
- adjective independent (of two or more events) such that the probability of all occurring equals the product of their individual probabilities 0
- adjective independent not validly derivable from one another, so that if the propositions are the axioms of some theory none can be dispensed with 0
- adjective independent not logically related, so that in no case can the truth value of one be inferred from those of the others 0
- noun independent an independent person or thing 0
- noun independent a person who is not affiliated to or who acts independently of a political party 0
- noun independent (in England) a member of the Congregational Church 0
- adjective independent of or relating to Independency 0
- adjective independent free from the influence, control, or determination of another or others 0