Usually means: Free from outside control or influence.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word independent:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. independent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Independent, independent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. independent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. independent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. independent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Independent, independent: Wordnik
  7. independent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. independent: Wiktionary
  9. independent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. independent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. independent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. independent: Dictionary.com
  13. independent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. independent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Independent (Ai album), Independent (Canada), Independent (Sacred Reich album), Independent (US), Independent (United States), Independent (disambiguation), Independent (nation), Independent (newspaper), Independent (politician), Independent (politics), Independent (probability), Independent (religion), Independent (song), Independent (statistics), Independent (voter), Independent, The Independent (Acadiana), The Independent (Bangladesh), The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper), The Independent (East Hampton), The Independent (Gambia), The Independent (India), The Independent (Marshall), The Independent (New York City), The Independent (Newfoundland), The Independent (UK), The Independent (Uganda), The Independent (Zimbabwe), The Independent (disambiguation), The Independent (film), The Independent (newspaper), The Independent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Independent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. independent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. independent: Rhymezone
  19. independent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. independent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. independent: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. independent: Free Dictionary
  23. independent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. independent: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. independent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. independent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. independent: Glossary of research economics
  3. Independent (disambiguation), Independent (mathematics), Independent (nation), independent: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Independent (disambiguation), Independent (mathematics), Independent (nation), Independent (probability), Independent (statistics), independent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Independent (nation): Medical dictionary
  4. Independent: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  2. independent: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
adjective:  (politics) 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.
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 small, privately owned business.
noun:  (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

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