Thesaurus

Synonyms for Independent include:

absolute, abstracted, apart, asunder, at large, atrip, autarkic, autarkical, autonomous, available, aweigh, bipartisan, bipartizan, blunt, breakaway, case-by-case, clear, commutative, crude, dead, detached, direct, discharged, discrete, disentangled, disjoint, disjunct, distinct, divided, emancipated, escaped, extricated, fissiparous, footloose, free, free of, free-living, freed, implicit, independent, indie, individual, infinite, isolable, isolated, item-by-item, liberated, living, loose, main, nonparasitic, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonsymbiotic, on the loose, other, out-of-school, released, removed, segregated, self-directed, self-governing, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-supporting, self-sustaining, separate, separated, separatist, set-apart, single, single-handed, sovereign, stark, strong-minded, total, two-party, two-way, unaccompanied, unaffiliated, unbiased, unbiassed, unbound, uncommitted, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unconstrained, unhampered, unimprisoned, unintegrated, unqualified, unquestioning, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshared, utter, vested

independent is a ADJ.

fencesitter, freelance, independent, mugwump, self-employed person

independent is a NOUN.