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indie

/ˈɪndi/

indie adjective: independent; from outside the mainstream.

Adjective

indie (not comparable)

  1. Independent; from outside the mainstream.
    • an indie pop group
    • an indie video game

Noun

indie (countable and uncountable, plural indies)

  1. (countable) An independent publisher.
    • He says Ninja Tune retains the master and publishing rights on most of its catalog, making it easy to license quickly. Yet as majors jump on the videogame bandwagon, he fears indies may lose that outlet.2005 January 15, Billboard, volume 117, number 3, page 36
  2. (countable) A work released by an independent publisher.
  3. (uncountable) A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
  4. (countable) A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.

Proper noun capitalized: Indie

Indie

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Indy (“the Independent newspaper”).

indie meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

indie in Marathi

इंडी

indie in Urdu

انڈی

indie in Malayalam

ഇൻഡീ

indie in Punjabi

ਇੰਡੀ
More languagesFewer languages
indie in Gujarati
ઇન્ડી
indie in Odia
ଇଣ୍ଡି
indie in Nepali
इण्डी

Examples of indie in a sentence

  • I believe self-hosting has several advantages for indie hackers and developers like myself.
  • Created by Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone, Stardew Valley is an inspiration to indie developers everywhere.
  • Local indie comedy Everyday Is Like Sunday has a fresh take on quarter-life crises.

All 25 example sentences with indie

Forms of indie

pluralindies

Plural of indie: indies

Origin of indie

From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.

Words formed from indie

Phrases with indie

Words that rhyme with indie

Questions about indie

What does indie mean?
Indie means independent; from outside the mainstream.
What is indie in Marathi?
Indie in Marathi is इंडी. See Indie meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is indie?
Indie can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce indie?
Indie is pronounced /ˈɪndi/.

Words near indie in the dictionary

  1. indicts a ham sandwich
  2. indicusin
  3. Indid
  4. indide
  5. indides
  6. indie
  7. indie folk
  8. indie pop
  9. indie rock
  10. indie-like
  11. indiedom

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: indie (page history and authors); Indie (page history and authors); indie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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