Definitions:

1. free from external control and constraint adjective
   • an independent mind
2. of a clause, capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence adjective
   • The main independent clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb.

Synonyms:

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

NearBy Words:

• independently