1. (

• mugwump ,
• independent ,
• fencesitter

) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) ;

2. (

• freelancer ,
• freelance ,
• free-lance ,
• free_lance ,
• independent ,
• self-employed_person

) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them ;

1. (

• independent

) free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" ;

2. (

• autonomous ,
• independent ,
• self-governing ,
• sovereign

) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" ;

3. (

• independent ,
• main ,

) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" ;

4. (

• independent

) not controlled by a party or interest group ;