autonomous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: au=ton=o=mous

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.

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, willful

ROGET 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.