independent clause

1. 1.

   a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

   Synonymsmain clause

   Broaderclause

   Part ofcomplex sentence

Questions about independent clause

What does independent clause mean?

independent clause means "a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence".

What is another word for independent clause?

Close synonyms include main clause. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is independent clause a common word?

independent clause is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.