HANGER-ON Antonyms

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• a person who rules or guides or inspires others

• a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

• independent in behavior or thought

• someone who creates new things

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• able to provide for your own needs without help from others

• someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• Someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular