independent

Adjective

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• (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
    

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

• free from external control and constraint
  • an independent mind
    
  • a series of independent judgments
    
  • fiercely independent individualism
    

Noun

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

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  main(a) , autonomous , self-governing , sovereign , freelancer , freelance , free-lance , free lance , self-employed person , mugwump , fencesitter
• Antonyms: 
  dependent , subordinate