- Self-reliant
- Having the power of self-government; autonomous.
- Acting alone
- Autonomous
- Liberated
- Needing no help
- Not needing help
- Self-governing
- Self-reliant
- Conditional
- Person supported by another
- Reliant
- Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
- Relying on, or subject to, something else for support;
not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without
the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining;
contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as,
dependent on God; dependent upon friends.
- One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who
relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a
numerous train of dependents.
- That which depends; corollary; consequence.