independent (n.)
- affluent
- alien
- apart
- barring
- beyond
- bold
- centrist
- competent
- elective
- even
- external
- fat
- fence-sitter
- flush
- forward
- free
- freethinker
- half-and-half
- individual
- individualist
- isolationist
- latitudinarian
- liberal
- libertarian
- libertine
- loner
- maverick
- midway
- moderate
- mugwump
- neuter
- neutral
- nonconformist
- nonpartisan
- oofy
- other
- outside
- passive
- proud
- rich
- segregate
- separate
- sovereign
- voluntary
- volunteer
- warm
independent (adj.)
- affluent
- alien
- apart
- apathetic
- arbitrary
- autarchic
- autarkic
- autonomous
- bold
- centrist
- comfortable
- competent
- controlled
- detached
- disconnected
- discrete
- discretional
- discretionary
- disinterested
- disjunct
- distinct
- elective
- erect
- even
- exotic
- external
- extraneous
- fat
- fifty-fifty
- flush
- foreign
- forward
- free
- freewheeling
- gratuitous
- half-and-half
- house-proud
- impartial
- importunate
- incommensurable
- incomparable
- indifferent
- individual
- individualist
- individualistic
- insular
- isolated
- isolationist
- latitudinarian
- liberal
- libertarian
- libertine
- loaded
- luxurious
- maverick
- midway
- moderate
- moneyed
- neuter
- neutral
- nonaligned
- nonconformist
- nonmandatory
- nonpartisan
- oofy
- optional
- opulent
- other
- outlandish
- outside
- passive
- prideful
- prosperous
- proud
- purse-proud
- pushy
- removed
- rich
- self-acting
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-centered
- self-confident
- self-contained
- self-governing
- self-possessed
- self-reliant
- self-respecting
- self-sufficient
- self-supporting
- self-sustained
- self-sustaining
- separate
- separated
- sovereign
- spontaneous
- stiff-necked
- strange
- strong-minded
- strong-willed
- unaffiliated
- unasked
- unbiased
- uncalled-for
- uncoerced
- uncommitted
- unconnected
- uncontrolled
- undecided
- unearned
- unfettered
- unforced
- uninfluenced
- uninvited
- uninvolved
- unlimited
- unprejudiced
- unprompted
- unrelated
- unrequested
- unrestrained
- unrestricted
- unsolicited
- unsought
- voluntary
- volunteer
- warm
- wealthy
- well-fixed
- well-heeled
- well-off
- well-to-do
- willful