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autonomous
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of AUTONOMOUS
not being under the rule or control of another <Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws>
Synonyms autonomous, freestanding, independent, self-governed, self-governing, self-ruling, separate, sovereign (also sovran)
Related Words freeborn; delivered, emancipated, freed, liberated, manumitted, redeemed, released; unconquered, unruled, unsupervised; empowered, enfranchised; democratic, republican
Near Antonyms bound, captive, conquered, enslaved, fettered, subdued, subjugated; inferior, subordinate, subservient
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