| 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. 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. | 5. 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. | 6. independent | not controlled by a party or interest group. |
| ~ nonpartisan, nonpartizan | free from party affiliation or bias. |
| voluntary | | |
| n. (person) | 1. military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer | (military) a person who freely enlists for service. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ military man, serviceman, man, military personnel | someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force.; "two men stood sentry duty" |
| n. (communication) | 2. voluntary | composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance. |
| ~ solo | a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). |
| ~ postlude | a voluntary played at the end of a religious service. |
| adj. | 3. voluntary | of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled.; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession" |
| ~ conscious | knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed" |
| ~ intended | resulting from one's intentions.; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult" |
| ~ wilful, willful | done by design.; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" |
| ~ freewill | done of your own accord.; "a freewill offering" |
| ~ self-imposed | voluntarily assumed or endured.; "self-imposed exile" |
| ~ uncoerced, unforced, willing | not brought about by coercion or force.; "the confession was uncoerced" |
| ~ volunteer, unpaid | without payment.; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" |
| ~ willing | disposed or inclined toward.; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" |
| adj. | 4. voluntary | controlled by individual volition.; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles" |
| ~ physiology | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms. |
| prevalence | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. prevalence | the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread.; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future" |
| ~ generality | the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability. |
| ~ currency | general acceptance or use.; "the currency of ideas" |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. prevalence | (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population. |
| ~ epidemiology | the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease. |
| ~ ratio | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). |
| n. (attribute) | 3. preponderance, prevalence | a superiority in numbers or amount.; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" |
| ~ number, figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
| self | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. ego, self | your consciousness of your own identity. |
| ~ consciousness | an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation.; "he lost consciousness" |
| ~ anima | (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. |
| n. (person) | 2. self | a person considered as a unique individual.; "one's own self" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ number one | a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first. |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. self | (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self.; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced" |
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