Definition of independent

• a. - Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
• a. - Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
• a. - Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
• a. - Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
• a. - Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
• a. - Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
• a. - Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
• a. - Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
• n. - One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
• n. - One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.