adj.
1 not needing other people
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪ become
▪ remain
▪ make sb
▪
Her travels in Asia have made her a lot more ~.
ADVERB
▪ fiercely , very
▪
Many disabled people are fiercely ~.
▪ completely
▪ fairly , pretty , quite
▪ economically , financially
PREPOSITION
▪ of
▪
By the age of eighteen he was completely ~ of his parents.
2 not influenced or controlled by anyone else
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
▪ remain , stay
▪
His company is a target for takeovers, but plans to stay ~.
▪ make sth
▪ declare sth
▪
In 1961 the country was declared ~.
ADVERB
▪ completely , entirely , fully , genuinely , quite ( esp. BrE ), totally , truly , wholly
▪ almost , fairly , largely , relatively , virtually
▪
Many local clans remain relatively ~.
▪ increasingly
▪ essentially
▪
This figure is essentially ~ of population size.
▪ nominally , supposedly
▪ newly
▪
newly ~ countries
▪ politically
▪ logically , statistically
▪
His system rests upon two logically ~ arguments.
▪ mutually
▪
They are two separate, mutually ~ entities.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The country became fully ~ from France in 1960.
▪ of
▪
an organization that is ~ of the government
Independent is used with these nouns: ↑ accountant , ↑ advice , ↑ adviser , ↑ agency , ↑ appraisal , ↑ arbitration , ↑ assessment , ↑ auditor , ↑ body , ↑ broadcaster , ↑ channel , ↑ check , ↑ cinema , ↑ clause , ↑ colony , ↑ commentator , ↑ commission , ↑ confirmation , ↑ consultant , ↑ contractor , ↑ counsel , ↑ country , ↑ dealer , ↑ developer , ↑ discipline , ↑ distributor , ↑ enquiry , ↑ entity , ↑ evaluation , ↑ existence , ↑ expenditure , ↑ experiment , ↑ expert , ↑ farmer , ↑ film , ↑ homeland , ↑ hotel , ↑ individual , ↑ inspection , ↑ inspector , ↑ institute , ↑ investigation , ↑ journalist , ↑ judge , ↑ judgement , ↑ kingdom , ↑ label , ↑ laboratory , ↑ learning , ↑ manufacturer , ↑ means , ↑ monitoring , ↑ nation , ↑ newspaper , ↑ observer , ↑ operator , ↑ origin , ↑ panel , ↑ paper , ↑ producer , ↑ professional , ↑ prosecutor , ↑ publisher , ↑ report , ↑ republic , ↑ researcher , ↑ retailer , ↑ review , ↑ ruler , ↑ school , ↑ scientist , ↑ sector , ↑ shopkeeper , ↑ source , ↑ specialist , ↑ spirit , ↑ state , ↑ status , ↑ streak , ↑ studio , ↑ study , ↑ supplier , ↑ survey , ↑ suspension , ↑ thinker , ↑ thinking , ↑ thought , ↑ trader , ↑ traveller , ↑ tribunal , ↑ trust , ↑ trustee , ↑ union , ↑ valuation , ↑ verification , ↑ watchdog , ↑ witness , ↑ woman