Main entry: independent
Definition: free from external control and constraint
Usage: an independent mind; a series of independent judgments; fiercely independent individualism
Antonyms: dependent
Definition: relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
Antonyms: common
Definition: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
Antonyms: conditional
Definition: imposing or depending on or containing a condition
Main entry: independent, main
Definition: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Usage: the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
Antonyms: subordinate, dependent
Definition: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
Main entry: autonomous, sovereign, self-governing, independent
Definition: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Usage: an autonomous judiciary; a sovereign state
Antonyms: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Definition: block passage through
Definition: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Antonyms: bound
Definition: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: hampered and not free; not able to act at will
Antonyms: unfree
Definition: held in servitude
Main entry: independent
Definition: not controlled by a party or interest group
Antonyms: partisan, drumbeater, zealot
Definition: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Definition: devoted to a cause or party