- breakaway, fissiparous, separatist - having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
Antonym: dependent (indirect, via independent)
- breakaway, breaking away - the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"
--1 is a kind of secession, withdrawal
Derived form: verb break away4