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independence - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | independence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liberty, freedom |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty, autarchy, self-determination, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule |
| Antonyms: | subordination, dependence |
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| Main Entry: | independence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
alien, adrift, arbitrary, away from the point, away from the purpose, away from the question, away from the transaction, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, detached, disconnected, discordant, episodic, exotic, extraneous, far, foreign, foreign to the point, foreign to the purpose, foreign to the question, foreign to the transaction, heterogeneous, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, incidental, incommensurable, independent, insular, irrelative, irrelevant, irrespective, isolated, misplaced, multifarious, neither here nor there, not comparable, not pertinent, not to the purpose, out of the way, outlandish, parenthetical, quite another thing, remote, segregate, strange, unallied, unconformable, unconnected
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| Main Entry: | emancipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | deliverance, delivery, independence, liberation, liberty, release, enfranchisement, setting free |
| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
| Synonyms: | air, character, complexion, difference, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, peculiarity, rarity, temper, temperament, unity, way, discreteness, distinctiveness, individualism, ipseity, particularity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, uniqueness, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | latitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom, room to move; scope |
| Synonyms: | breadth, compass, elbow room, extent, independence, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, license, margin, play, range, reach, room, run, space, span, spread, sweep, swing, width, run of, unrestrictedness |
| Antonyms: | limitation, restriction |
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, sovereignty, suffrage, autarchy, enfranchisement, power of choice, self-determination, self-government, unconstraint |
| Antonyms: | arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint |
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bread*, bread and butter, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt*, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, necessities |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom to act and make decisions |
| Synonyms: | carte blanche, free choice, free course, free play, free scope, free will, freedom, full scope, independence, latitude, leeway, liberty, one's choice, one's discretion, one's initiative |
| Main Entry: | home rule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-government |
| Synonyms: | autonomy, independence, autarchy, self-determination, self-direction, self-rule |
| Main Entry: | self-sufficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to manage for oneself |
| Synonyms: | autonomy, independence, self-reliance, self-support, self-sustenance |
| Antonyms: | dependence |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
| Synonyms: | assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, constancy, conviction, courage, decision, dedication, doggedness, drive, energy, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, spine*, spunk*, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower, certitude, dauntlessness, dogmatism, fearlessness, firm-ness, indomitability, intrepidity, purposefulness, resoluteness, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stiff upper lip |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitation, vacillation, disinterest, irresolution, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | license |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, permission |
| Synonyms: | authorization, carte blanche*, certificate, charter, consent, dispensation, exemption, freedom, go-ahead*, grant, green light*, immunity, independence, latitude, leave, liberty, okay*, permit, privilege, right, ticket, warrant, entitlement, self-determination, unconstraint |
| Antonyms: | ban, prohibition, refusal, withholding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
| Synonyms: | correctness, emancipation, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, legality, liberty, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue, enfranchisement, lawfulness, properness, rightness |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Antonyms: | corruption, injustice, wrong, immorality, unfairness, unjustness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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