Hyphenation of INDEPENDENT

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word INDEPENDENT? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

IN-DE-PEN-DENT

Definitions of INDEPENDENT:

1.	A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
2.	A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
3.	Free from external control and constraint An independent mind A series of independent judgments Fiercely independent individualism
4.	(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces An autonomous judiciary A sovereign state
5.	(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
6.	Not controlled by a party or interest group

Synonyms of INDEPENDENT:

adj	independent, autarkic, autarkical, autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant, autonomous, breakaway, fissiparous, separatist, commutative, free-living, nonparasitic, nonsymbiotic, indie, individual, case-by-case, item-by-item, on one's own, on his own, on her own, on your own, on their own, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining, self-supporting, single-handed, strong-minded, unaffiliated, unconditional, free, separate
adj	absolute
adj	autonomous, self-governing, sovereign, free
adj	unconditional
adj	independent
adj	nonpartisan, nonpartizan
noun	mugwump, fencesitter, individualist
noun	freelance, self-employed person, worker

Last hyphenations of this language

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