[noun] a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) Synonyms:mugwump, fencesitter
[noun] a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them Synonyms:freelance, self-employed person
[adjective] free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"
[adjective] not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
[adjective] of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" Synonyms:main
[adjective] not controlled by a party or interest group