Synonym: self-reliant, dependent. Similar words: independence, dependent, depending, tendency, respondent, correspondent, index, reminder. Meaning: [‚ɪndɪ'pendənt] 
n. 1. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) 2. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. adj. 1. free from external control and constraint 2. not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else 3. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces 4. not contingent 5. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence 6. not controlled by a party or interest group.
n. 1. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) 2. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. adj. 1. free from external control and constraint 2. not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else 3. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces 4. not contingent 5. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence 6. not controlled by a party or interest group. 
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121. Don'tbelieve what you are told; double-check with an independent source.
122. The religious community wished to be independent of outside influence.
123. There are those who argue that true independent advice is unattainable.
124. It was important to me to be financially independent of my parents.
125. Parents have called for an independent inquiry into the accident.
126. The country has pursued an effectively independent line on military issues.
127. The point is that people grew unaccustomed to thinking and acting in a responsible and independent way. Herein lies another big problem.
128. We have always been an independent people, no matter how they rewrite history.
129. A lot of the girls envied me my independent, freewheeling life.
130. Far from being independent, the government and media work hand in glove.
131. The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine.
132. The committee was doing well until the chairman's independent action gummed up the work.
133. Independent observers say the campaign's been very much fairer than expected.
134. The tapes can be used in class or for independent study.
135. No person of independent mind will copy consciously, but many copy unconsciously.
136. You need, firstly, a strong independent board of directors and secondly, an experienced and dedicated staff.
137. She's an independent spirit.
138. The company hired Bob to conduct an independent review of their workplace procedures.
139. Cats and dogs have quite different natures dogs like company, cats are independent.
140. We also plug into the research facilities available, and license technology from independent sources.
141. They have begun building the sinews of an independent nation.
142. Robert aimed to be independent of his parents by the time he was twenty.
143. It is conventional to place the independent variable on the right-hand side of an equation.
144. I can understand her wanting to live alone and be independent.
145. It should not surprise us that such an environment has produced a hardy and independent people.
146. The committee acts as an independent watchdog over government spending.
147. The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association,(www.Sentencedict.com) banned the advertisement altogether.
148. She wanted to be independent and beholden to no one.
149. An independent moderator should be appointed to oversee the negotiations.
150. We demand an independent inquiry into the government's handling of the affair.
More similar words: independence, dependent, depending, tendency, respondent, correspondent, index, reminder, in detail, gender, render, tender, offender, extended, defender, vendetta, rendezvous, under, wander, spend, commander, condemn, undergo, founder, under way, suspend, come under, fall under, spending, understand.