Words · Very common
independent
/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/ · 11 letters · 6 distinct letters
- adjective
free from external control and constraint
an independent mind
- adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
- noun
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
- noun
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long term contract with any of them
- 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