independent

  • (noun): A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
  • (noun): A neutral or uncommitted person.
  • (noun): A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
  • (adjective): Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
  • (adjective): Not affiliated with any political party.
  • (adjective): Providing a comfortable livelihood.
  • (adjective): Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
  • (adjective): Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
  • the independent candidate
  • an independent property
  • a man of an independent mind