[syn: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonpartisan \nonpartisan\ adj.
1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of
partisan. [Narrower terms: bipartisan, bipartizan,
two-party, two-way; independent ] [Narrower terms:
{nonparty, non-party ]
Syn: nonpartizan.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan
commission to study crime.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nonpartisan
adj 1: free from party affiliation or bias [syn: {nonpartisan,
nonpartizan] [ant: partisan, partizan]
n 1: a person who is nonpartisan [syn: nonpartisan,
nonpartizan] [ant: drumbeater, partisan, zealot]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonpartisan":
Laodicean, anythingarian, apathetic, autarchic, autarkic,
autonomous, centrist, equitable, even, fence-sitter, fifty-fifty,
free lance, free spirit, free trader, free-spirited, freethinker,
freewheeling, half-and-half, impartial, independent, indifferent,
individualist, individualistic, inner-directed, isolationist, just,
latitudinarian, liberal, libertarian, libertine, midway, moderate,
mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, neuter, neutral, nonaligned,
noncommitted, nothingarian, objective, on the fence, passive,
rugged individualist, self-contained, self-dependent,
self-determined, self-directing, self-governed, self-governing,
self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-sufficient, self-supporting,
sovereign, swing vote, third force, third world, third-force,
third-world, uncolored, uncommitted, uncommitted voter, uninvolved,
unprejudiced