adj separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
2. independent ·adj affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
3. independent ·adj not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
4. independent ·adj belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the independents.
5. independent ·adj not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
6. independent ·adj not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation;
said of quantities or functions.
7. independent ·adj expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
8. independent ·adj not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
9. independent ·noun one who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
10. independent ·noun one who believes that an organized christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.