What are the opposite words for independent?
Independence is a sought-after trait by many individuals, but sometimes the opposite of independence can serve an equally important purpose. Antonyms for "independent" include words such as dependent, deficient, needy, and subservient. These terms suggest a lack of autonomy, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency. Dependence suggests a reliance on others whereas deficiency implies a shortfall of resources or needs. Needy connotes a feeling of insufficiency or inadequacy, while subservient implies a lack of dominance or control. While independence is highly valued in certain circumstances, it is important to recognize the usefulness of interdependence and collaboration when appropriate.
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- captive
- apart
- compulsive
- related
- opposite
- free
- conditional
- helpless
- heterogeneous
- nonpartisan
- addicted
- collateral
- complementary
- correlative
- dependent
- exclusive
- external
- independent
- reciprocal
- relative
- slavish
- all
- subject
- physically held by force
- indirect, secondary
- filling, completing
- driving, obsessive
- weak, helpless
- exchanged, alternate
- comparative, respective
- having the qualities of a slave
- at the mercy of; answerable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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captive
- bondman,
- bondwoman,
- detainee,
- internee,
- Bondmen,
- Bondwomen,
- internees,
- detainees,
- Bondservant,
- bondservants,
- prisoner war,
- enslaved,
- Incarcerated,
- locked up,
- ensnared,
- in custody,
- under lock and key,
- be witched,
- be-witched,
- de lighted,
- de-lighted,
- more beguiled,
- more caged,
- more enraptured,
- more enslaved,
- more ensnared,
- more enthralled,
- more incarcerated,
- more penned,
- more subjugated,
- most beguiled,
- most caged,
- most enraptured,
- most enslaved,
- most ensnared,
- most enthralled,
- most incarcerated,
- most penned,
- most subjugated,
- under lock key.
- apart
- compulsive
- related
- opposite
- free
- conditional
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helpless
- helpless,
- impotent,
- inefficient,
- tapped out,
- basket-case,
- basketcase,
- ex posed,
- ex-posed,
- in efficient,
- in expert,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in valid,
- in-efficient,
- in-expert,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- in-valid,
- more basket case,
- more basket-case,
- more basketcase,
- more handcuffed,
- more pinned,
- more tapped,
- most basket case,
- most basket-case,
- most basketcase,
- most handcuffed,
- most pinned,
- most tapped,
- over barrel,
- un abler,
- un ablest,
- un fit,
- un-abler,
- un-ablest,
- un-fit,
- un-protected,
- up creek without paddle,
- with hands tied.
- heterogeneous
- nonpartisan
- addicted
-
collateral
- adjunctive,
- adjuvant,
- appurtenant,
- co-ordinate,
- confirmatory,
- co incident,
- co ordinate,
- co-incident,
- more adjunctive,
- more adjuvant,
- more appurtenant,
- more confirmatory,
- more incident,
- more satellite,
- most accessory,
- most adjunctive,
- most adjuvant,
- most appurtenant,
- most confirmatory,
- most incident,
- most under,
- not lineal,
- re-lated,
- sub best,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-best,
- sub-ordinate,
- subbest.
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complementary
- interconnected,
- interdependent,
- interrelated,
- Commutual,
- Completory,
- interrelating,
- inter connected,
- inter dependent,
- inter related,
- inter relating,
- inter-connected,
- inter-dependent,
- inter-related,
- inter-relating,
- more commutual,
- more completing,
- more completory,
- more correspondent,
- more fellow,
- more interconnected,
- more interdependent,
- more interrelated,
- more interrelating,
- more mated,
- most commutual,
- most completing,
- most completory,
- most correspondent,
- most fellow,
- most interdependent,
- most interrelated,
- most interrelating,
- most mated.
- correlative
-
dependent
- conditional,
- incidental to,
- Unsustaining,
- controlled by,
- liable to,
- de based,
- de pendent,
- de pending,
- de-based,
- de-pendent,
- de-pending,
- more abased,
- more counting,
- more depending,
- more humbled,
- more reckoning,
- more relying,
- more under,
- more unsustaining,
- most abased,
- most counting,
- most depending,
- most humbled,
- most reckoning,
- most relying,
- most unsustaining,
- re lying,
- re-lying,
- regulated by,
- sustained by,
- tied apron strings,
- tied to apron strings,
- un sustaining,
- un-sustaining,
- under control of,
- under thumb.
- exclusive
- external
- independent
- reciprocal
- relative
- slavish
- all
- subject
- physically held by force
- indirect, secondary
- filling, completing
- driving, obsessive
- weak, helpless
- exchanged, alternate
- comparative, respective
- having the qualities of a slave
- at the mercy of; answerable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
