Autonomous \Au*ton"o*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? to assign,
hold, sway.]
1. Independent in government; having the right or power of
self-government.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
autonomous
adj 1: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign
state" [syn: independent, self-governing, sovereign]
2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of
India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
3: of persons; free from external control and constraint in
e.g. action and judgment [syn: self-directed, self-reliant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, willful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
independent, self-directed, self-governing, self-reliant, sovereign
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