autonomous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
Related & opposite
- liberty derivation
- independence derivation
- free similar to
Sense 2 adjective
existing as an independent entity
the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies
Related & opposite
- liberty derivation
- independent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
Related & opposite
- self-direction derivation
- independent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | free |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | independent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-direction |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | independent |