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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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.