1. (

• autonomous ,
• independent ,
• self-governing ,
• sovereign

) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" ;

2. (

• autonomous ,

) existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" ;

3. (

• autonomous ,
• self-directed ,
• self-reliant

) (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment ;