Autonomous

//ɔːˈtɒnəməs//

Synonyms for "autonomous" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (33)

Adjective(1 words)
independent

Related words (56)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

13 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

9 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

123 translations across 62 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتِقْلَالِيّ adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ինքնավար adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Asturian

1 entries
  • autónomu adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • muxtar adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • аўтано́мны adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • самасто́йны adj (acting on one's own)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • автоно́мен adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • самостоя́телен adj (acting on one's own)

Buryat

2 entries
  • автономито adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • өөртөө заһаха adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Catalan

2 entries
  • autònom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autònom adj (acting on one's own)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 自治 adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Czech

2 entries
  • autonomní adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • samosprávný adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Danish

4 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autonom adj (acting on one's own)
  • selvstyret adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • selvstændig adj (acting on one's own)

Dutch

1 entries
  • autonoom adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • aŭtonoma adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Evenki

1 entries
  • автоно̄мнай adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • autónoma adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Finnish

3 entries
  • autonominen adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • itsehallinnollinen adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • itsenäinen adj (acting on one's own)

French

1 entries
  • autonome adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Galician

2 entries
  • autónomo adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autónomo adj (acting on one's own)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ავტონომიური adj (self-governing — see also independent)

German

1 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Greek

1 entries
  • αυτόνομος adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אוֹטוֹנוֹמִי adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Hindi

3 entries
  • आत्मनिर्भर adj (acting on one's own)
  • स्वायत्त adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • स्वावलंबी adj (acting on one's own)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • autonómia adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Ido

1 entries
  • autonoma adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • otonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • otonom adj (acting on one's own)

Irish

4 entries
  • féinrialaitheach adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • féinriartha adj (acting on one's own)
  • neamhspleách adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • neamhspleách adj (acting on one's own)

Italian

2 entries
  • autonomo adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • indipendente adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 主体的な adj (acting on one's own)
  • 自主的な adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • 自主的な adj (acting on one's own)
  • 自治 adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • автономн adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • автономиялы adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • автономиялық adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Khakas

1 entries
  • автоном adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Korean

2 entries
  • 자주적 adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • 자치 adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • автономиялык adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • автономен adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Malay

2 entries
  • berautonomi adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • berautonomi adj (acting on one's own)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • автономит adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • өөртөө засах adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autonom adj (acting on one's own)
  • selvstendig adj (acting on one's own)
  • selvstyrt adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autonom adj (acting on one's own)
  • sjølvstendig adj (acting on one's own)
  • sjølvstyrt adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Persian

3 entries
  • خودرای adj (acting on one's own)
  • خودسر adj (acting on one's own)
  • مختار adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Polish

3 entries
  • autonomiczny adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autonomiczny adj (acting on one's own)
  • samodzielny adj (acting on one's own)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • autónomo adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autónomo adj (acting on one's own)
  • autônomo adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autônomo adj (acting on one's own)

Romanian

1 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Russian

2 entries
  • автоно́мный adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • самостоя́тельный adj (acting on one's own)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nȅovisan adj (acting on one's own)
  • sȁmostālan adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • sȁmostālan adj (acting on one's own)
  • àutonōman adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Slovak

2 entries
  • autonómny adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • samosprávny adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Slovene

3 entries
  • avtonomen adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • samostojen adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • samostojen adj (acting on one's own)

Spanish

2 entries
  • autónomo adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • autónomo adj (acting on one's own)

Swedish

3 entries
  • autonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • självstyrande adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • självständig adj (acting on one's own)

Tajik

1 entries
  • мухтор adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Tatar

1 entries
  • автоном adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Turkish

1 entries
  • otonom adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • автономнуг adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • автоно́мний adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • самості́йний adj (acting on one's own)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • avtonomiyali adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • muxtor adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tự trị adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Written Oirat

1 entries
  • ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Xibe

1 entries
  • ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᡢᡤᠠ adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Yakut

2 entries
  • автоно́мнай adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • автономияла́ах adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אויטאָנאָם adj (self-governing — see also independent)
  • אויטאָנאָמיש adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • swci adj (self-governing — see also independent)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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The private colleges and universities of the United States are autonomous.

Source: tatoeba (1911)

Terrorism is the most important factor in the division of a country and the creation of autonomous regions.

Source: tatoeba (826666)

This is an autonomous machine.

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Bacteria replicate in an autonomous fashion.

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