[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

independent \in`depend"ent\, n.
   1. eccl. one who believes that an organized christian
      church is complete in itself, competent to
      self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical
      authority.
      1913 webster

   note: in england the name is often applied commonly in the
         pl. to the congregationalists.
         1913 webster

   2. politics one who does not acknowledge an obligation to
      support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one
      who exercises liberty in voting.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

independent \in`depend"ent\, a. pref. in- not + dependent: cf.
   f. ind'ependant.
   1913 webster
   1. not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not
      relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly
      independent.
      1913 webster

            a dry, but independent crust.         --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent
      property.
      1913 webster

   3. not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious;
      self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
      1913 webster

   4. expressing or indicating the feeling of independence;
      free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or
      manner.
      1913 webster

   5. separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
      1913 webster

            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.                          --r. p. ward.
      1913 webster

   6. eccl. belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the
      doctrines or methods of, the independents.
      1913 webster

   7. math. not dependent upon another quantity in respect to
      value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or
      functions.
      1913 webster

   8. u. s. politics not bound by party; exercising a free
      choice in voting with either or any party.
      1913 webster

   independent company mil., one not incorporated in any
      regiment.

   independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second
      hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc.,
      for timing to a fraction of a second.

   independent variable. math. see dependent variable,
      under dependent.

   syn: free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant;
        bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.
        1913 webster
see also:
independent company independent seconds watch independent variable dependent variable dependent 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

independent
     adj 1: free from external control and constraint; "an independent
            mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely
            independent individualism"; "an independent republic"
            ant: dependent
     2: not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything
        else
     3: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
        state" syn: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign
     4: not contingent
     5: of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete
        sentence; "the main or independent clause in a complex
        sentence has at least a subject and a verb" syn: maina
        ant: dependent
     6: not controlled by a party or interest group
     n 1: a neutral or uncommitted person especially in politics
          syn: mugwump, fencesitter
     2: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers
        without a long-term contract with any of them syn: freelance,
         self-employed person
see also:
dependent autonomous self-governing sovereign maina mugwump 
fencesitter freelance self-employed person 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

219 moby thesaurus words for "independent":
   laodicean, abounding in riches, affluent, alien, anythingarian,
   apart, apart from, apathetic, arbitrary, aside from, autarchic,
   autarkic, autonomous, barring, besides, beyond, big-rich, bold,
   centrist, comfortable, competent, controlled, detached,
   disconnected, discrete, discretional, discretionary,
   disgustingly rich, disinterested, disjunct, disrelated,
   dissociated, distinct, elective, erect, even, except for,
   excluding, exclusive of, exotic, external, extraneous, fat,
   fence-sitter, fifty-fifty, firm-minded, flush, foreign, forward,
   free, free lance, free spirit, free trader, free will,
   free-spirited, freethinker, freewheeling, frightfully rich,
   gratuitous, half-and-half, house-proud, ignoring, impartial,
   importunate, in funds, in the money, incommensurable, incomparable,
   independently rich, independently wealthy, indifferent, individual,
   individualist, individualistic, inner-directed, insular,
   irrelative, irrespective of, isolated, isolationist,
   latitudinarian, liberal, libertarian, libertine, loaded, loner,
   luxurious, made of money, maverick, midway, moderate, moneyed,
   mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, neuter, neutral, nonaligned,
   noncommitted, nonconformist, nonmandatory, nonpartisan,
   nothingarian, notwithstanding, offered, on the fence, oofy,
   optional, opulent, other, outlandish, outside, passive, prideful,
   proffered, prosperous, proud, proud as lucifer, proud-blooded,
   proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, proudful,
   proudhearted, provided for, purse-proud, pushy, removed, rich,
   rich as croesus, rolling in money, rugged individualist, segregate,
   self-acting, self-active, self-asserting, self-assertive,
   self-assured, self-centered, self-confident, self-contained,
   self-controlled, self-dependent, self-determined, self-determining,
   self-directing, self-esteeming, self-expressive, self-governed,
   self-governing, self-helpful, self-helping, self-improving,
   self-possessed, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-restrained,
   self-subsistent, self-sufficient, self-supporting, self-sustained,
   self-sustaining, separate, separated, sovereign, spontaneous,
   stiff-necked, strange, strong-minded, strong-willed, swing vote,
   third force, third world, third-force, third-world, unaffiliated,
   unallied, unasked, unassociated, unbesought, unbiased, unbidden,
   uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncommitted, uncommitted voter,
   uncompelled, unconnected, uncontrolled, undecided, unearned,
   unfettered, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, uninvolved,
   unlimited, unprejudiced, unpressured, unprompted, unrelatable,
   unrelated, unrequested, unrequired, unrestrained, unrestricted,
   unsolicited, unsought, voluntary, volunteer, wallowing in wealth,
   warm, wealthy, well provided for, well-fixed, well-heeled,
   well-off, well-to-do, willful

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