independent
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
Free from external control and constraint or influence of another.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Wordset Dictionary
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- fencesitterfree lancefree-lancefreelancefreelancermugwumpself-employed person
- alternatephrasing
- Independent
- plural
- independents
- possessive
- independent's
- pluralpossessive
- independents'