Autonomous

Quick meaning: Autonomous is an adjective meaning Governing itself independently.

Meaning

Governing itself independently.

More Meanings

1. Of or relating to a territory that governs itself independently.
2. Sentient; self-aware.
3. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
4. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) 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).

Example Sentences

an autonomous territory

Though Cade has for years reported on the development of autonomous vehicles, test drives usually have so-called safety drivers who ride along and can take over in case something goes wrong.

"Thank you, Louis," interrupted Carrados. "It is very nice to learn that. But I am really going to Kingsmouth because there's a man there—a curate—who has the second best private collection in Europe of autonomous coins of Thessaly."

Synonyms for autonomous

Depending on context, synonyms include sovereign, self-standing, self-directed, free, independent, self-reliant.

Antonyms for autonomous

Common opposites include heteronomous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-reliant, self-directed, independent, sovereign, free, subjective.

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