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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
- Example: "an autonomous judiciary"
- Example: "a sovereign state"
[syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign]

2. existing as an independent entity;
- Example: "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: autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autonomous adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, 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: autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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