independent
Definitions
Noun
- A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
- A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Adjective
- Free from external control and constraint
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "independent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | independent | 4 | 70 |
| 2 | independently | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | independents | 4 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "independent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappointment | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | infringement | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | incandescent | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | incompetent | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | incontinent | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | infotainment | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | integument | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | intersegment | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "independent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indeed | 2 | 162 |
| 2 | independence | 4 | 70 |
| 3 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 4 | independently | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | dependence | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | depended | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | interdependent | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | interdependence | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | indecent | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | dependency | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | dependents | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | despondent | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | decedent | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | independents | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | resplendent | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | descendents | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | independence's | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | descendent | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | overdependent | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | indent | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "independent" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | independent of | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | independent boer | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | independent film | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | independent in | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | independent filmmakers | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | independent filmmaking | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | independent animation | 4 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "independent" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "independent" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "independent".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 8
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 7
Words that Precede: 9
Statistically Associated: 11
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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