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Autonomous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Autonomous has 3 senses
- autonomous(s = adj.all) independent, self-governing, sovereign - (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" Derived form noun autonomy1
- autonomous(s = adj.all) Array - existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" Derived form noun autonomy1
- autonomous(s = adj.all) self-directed, self-reliant - (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment; Array Derived form noun autonomy2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Autonomous, a. [Gr. ; self + to assign, hold, sway.].
- Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government. [1913 Webster]
- Having independent existence or laws. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Autonomous, adj.
1 having self-government.
2 acting independently or having the freedom to do so.
1 having self-government.
2 acting independently or having the freedom to do so.
Derivative
autonomously adv.
Etymology
Gk autonomos (as AUTONOMY)
THESAURUS
Autonomous
absolute, arbitrary, aristocratic, autarchic, autarkic, authoritarian, autocratic, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, discretional, discretionary, elective, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, free, free will, free-spirited, freewheeling, governmental, gratuitous, gubernatorial, heteronomous, independent, individualistic, inner-directed, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, neutral, nonaligned, nonmandatory, nonpartisan, offered, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, optional, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, proffered, republican, self-acting, self-active, self-contained, self-dependent, self-determined, self-determining, self-directing, self-governed, self-governing, self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-sufficient, self-supporting, separate, sovereign, spontaneous, theocratic, third-force, third-world, totalitarian, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured, unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought, voluntary, volunteer, willfulROGET THESAURUS
Autonomous
Freedom
N freedom, liberty, independence, license, facility, scope, range, latitude, play, free play, full play, free scope, full scope, free stage and no favor, swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth, Liberty Hall, franchise, denization, free man, freed man, livery man, denizen, autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade, noninterference, Monroe Doctrine, immunity, exemption, emancipation, enfranchisement, affranchisement, free land, freehold, allodium, frankalmoigne, mortmain, bushwhacker, freelance, free thinker, free trader, independent, free, free as air, out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free, left alone, left to oneself, in full swing, uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled, unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled, unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional, absolute, discretionary, unassailed, unforced, uncompelled, unbiassed, spontaneous, free and easy, at ease, at one's ease, degage, quite at home, wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished, exempt, freed, freeborn, autonomous, freehold, allodial, gratis, eleutherian, unclaimed, going a begging, freely, ad libitum, ubi libertas ibi patria, free white and twenty-one.
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