Synonyms of the word

independent

• adj. not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
• adj. (politics) not affiliated with any political party.
• adj. Providing a comfortable livelihood.
• adj. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
• adj. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
• n. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
• n. A neutral or uncommitted person.
• n. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

absolute

• adj. (obsolete) Absolved; free.
• adj. (obsolete) Disengaged from accidental circumstances.
• adj. (archaic) Complete in itself; perfect.
• adj. (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence.
• adj. (obsolete) Absorbed in (e.g. an occupation).
• adj. Pure; unmixed.
• adj. (figuratively) Complete; utter; outright; unmitigated; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any…
• adj. Unconditional; free from any conditions, limitations, and relations;.
• adj. Authoritative; peremptory.
• adj. Positive; unquestionable; peremptory.
• adj. Real; actual.
• adj. (archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person or prediction).
• adj. Free from conditional limitations; operating or existing in full under all circumstances without variation.
• adj. (law) Complete; unconditional; final; without encumbrances; not liable to change or cancellation.
• adj. (philosophy) Existing, able to be thought of, or able to be viewed without relation to other things.
• adj. (philosophy) Fundamental; ultimate; intrinsic; free from the variability and error natural to the human…
• adj. (physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement not comparative or relative.
• adj. (education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative…
• adj. (art) Concerned entirely with expressing beauty and feelings, lacking meaningful reference.
• adj. (dance) Utilizing the body to express ideas, independent of music and costumes.
• adj. (mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
• adj. (mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers; unconditional.
• n. That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
• n. Anything that is absolute.
• n. (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the…
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which…
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The unity of spirit and nature; God.
• n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
• n. Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.

autarkic

• adj. Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.

autarkical

• adj. Autarkic.

autonomous

• adj. Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently.
• adj. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian…
• adj. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent;…

breakaway

• adj. Having broken away from a larger unit.
• adj. Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
• adj. (ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun).
• adj. (entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
• n. The act of breaking away from something.
• n. (cycling) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
• n. (ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the…
• n. (boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
• n. (Australia) A stampede of animals.
• n. (Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.
• n. A yo-yo trick.

case-by-case

• adj. separate and distinct from others of the same kind.

commutative

• adj. (mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect…
• adj. (algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
• adj. (mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial…

fissiparous

• adj. Factious, tending to break into pieces.
• adj. Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
• adj. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

free-living

• adj. (biology) (of an organism) That lives independently of other organisms rather than part of a symbiotic…

freelance

• n. Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract.
• n. A medieval mercenary.
• adj. Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract.
• v. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
• v. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

indie

• adj. Independent; from outside the mainstream.
• n. An independent publisher.
• n. A work released by an independent publisher.
• n. (uncountable, music) A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed…
• n. A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.

individual

• n. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
• n. (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
• n. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
• n. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
• adj. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
• adj. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

individualist

• n. Someone who believes in individualism.
• n. Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained to external influences.

main

• adj. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; vast; strong; powerful; important.
• adj. Principal; prime; chief; leading; of chief or principal importance.
• adj. Principal or chief in size or extent; largest; consisting of the largest part; most important by reason…
• adj. Full; undivided; sheer (of strength, force etc.).
• adj. (nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
• adj. (dialectal) Big; angry.
• adv. (Britain, dialectal) Very; very much; greatly; mightily; extremely; exceedingly.
• v. (transitive) To mainly play a specific character, or side, when playing a game.
• n. (obsolete, except in might and main) Strength; power; force; violent effort.
• n. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the gross; the bulk; the greater part.
• n. (informal) The main course, or principal dish of a meal.
• n. (now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland.
• n. (now poetic) The high seas.
• n. A large pipe or cable providing utility service to a building or area, such as water main or electric…
• n. (nautical) The mainsail.
• n. A hand or match in a game of dice.
• n. A stake played for at dice.
• n. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
• n. A match at cockfighting.
• n. A main-hamper, or fruit basket.

mugwump

• n. (US) An independent neutral politician, especially in reference to the 1884 U.S. presidential election.
• n. (colloquial) An aloof or inconsequential person.

nonparasitic

• adj. Not parasitic.

nonpartisan

• adj. Not partisan; impartial and unbiased.
• n. One who is not a partisan.
• n. A person who has not selected or declared a side or party.

nonpartizan

• adj. Alternative spelling of nonpartisan.

nonsymbiotic

• adj. Not symbiotic.

self-directed

• adj. Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint.

self-governing

• adj. autonomous.

self-reliant

• adj. Reliant upon oneself; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

self-sufficient

• adj. Able to provide for oneself independently of others.
• adj. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (of a person)…

self-supporting

• adj. Characterized by self-support.

self-sustaining

• adj. Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient.
• adj. Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent.

separate

• adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
• adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
• v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
• v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
• v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
• v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
• n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

separatist

• n. Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
• n. A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent…
• adj. Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
• adj. Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries…

single-handed

• adj. Without help from others; unassisted.
• adj. Using only one hand.
• adj. Designed for only one hand.
• adv. In a single-handed manner.

sovereign

• adj. Exercising power of rule.
• adj. Exceptional in quality.
• adj. (now rare) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
• adj. Having supreme, ultimate power.
• adj. Princely; royal.
• adj. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
• n. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
• n. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
• n. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as…
• n. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
• n. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
• n. (Britain, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.

strong-minded

• adj. Having a vigorous, independent will and views.
• adj. (archaic) (of a woman) Mannish, lacking softness and femininity.

unaffiliated

• adj. not affiliated, not associated.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of unaffiliate.

unconditional

• adj. Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

worker

• n. A person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.
• n. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite or wasp.
• n. (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.