autonomousadjectiveCollocations from this entryCollocations from the corpusActivator 1Word sets 1Other dictionary examplesCorpus examplesautonomousautonomousau‧ton‧o‧mous /E”E?EˆtE’nE™mE™s $ E’E?EˆtE‘E?-/ adjectiveDate: 1800-1900 Language: Greek Origin: autonomosâ€?independent’, from auto- ( → AUTO-) + nomosâ€?law’ 1INDEPENDENT COUNTRY OR ORGANIZATIONan autonomous place or organization is free to govern or control itself SYN independentan autonomous region/state/republic etcGalicia is an autonomous region of Spain.be2INDEPENDENT PERSON formal having the ability to work and make decisions by yourself without any help from anyone else SYN independent—autonomouslyautonomously adverb