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independent
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of INDEPENDENT
1
able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help <an independent young man who moved out of his parents' house while still a college student>
2
not being under the rule or control of another <finally they are an independent people, after centuries of domination by their more powerful neighbors>
Synonyms autonomous, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, self-ruling, separate, sovereign (also sovran)
Related Words freeborn; delivered, emancipated, freed, liberated, manumitted, redeemed, released; unconquered, unruled, unsupervised; empowered, enfranchised; democratic, republican
Near Antonyms bound, captive, conquered, enslaved, fettered, subdued, subjugated; inferior, subordinate, subservient
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