Autonomous

Etymology
See autonomy and -ous.

Adjective

 * 1) Self-governing.  Governing independently.
 * 2) Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
 * 3)  Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

Synonyms

 * sovereign, self-governing
 * selfstanding

Antonyms

 * heteronomous

Derived terms

 * autonomously
 * semiautonomous

Related terms

 * autonomy

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:, независим
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αυτόνομος, αυτόνομη , αυτόνομο


 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: autonoma
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: autonom, autonomă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: самостоятелен
 * Croatian: ,
 * Japanese: 自立した


 * Portuguese: autônomo
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: autónomo


 * Irish: