| autonomous | | |
| adj. | 1. autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces.; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" |
| ~ free | able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" |
| adj. | 2. autonomous | existing as an independent entity.; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" |
| ~ independent | free from external control and constraint.; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" |
| adj. | 3. autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant | (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. |
| ~ independent | free from external control and constraint.; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" |
| independent | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fencesitter, independent, mugwump | a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics). |
| ~ political science, politics, government | the study of government of states and other political units. |
| ~ individualist | a person who pursues independent thought or action. |
| n. (person) | 2. free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person | a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| adj. | 3. independent | free from external control and constraint.; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" |
| ~ autarkic, autarkical | of countries; not relying on imports. |
| ~ self-directed, self-reliant, autonomous | (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. |
| ~ autonomous | existing as an independent entity.; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" |
| ~ breakaway, separatist, fissiparous | having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude.; "a breakaway faction" |
| ~ commutative | (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g..; "a x b = b x a" |
| ~ free-living, nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic | not parasitic on another organism. |
| ~ indie | (of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company. |
| ~ case-by-case, item-by-item, individual | separate and distinct from others of the same kind.; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" |
| ~ self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining | able to provide for your own needs without help from others.; "a self-sufficing economic unit" |
| ~ self-supporting | financially independent.; "now that my children are self-supporting" |
| ~ single-handed | without help from others.; "a single-handed accomplishment" |
| ~ strong-minded | marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment. |
| ~ unaffiliated | not affiliated. |
| ~ unconditional | not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else. |
| ~ free | able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" |
| ~ separate | independent; not united or joint.; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church" |
| adj. | 4. independent, main | (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" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| adj. | 5. independent | not controlled by a party or interest group. |
| ~ nonpartisan, nonpartizan | free from party affiliation or bias. |
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