autonomous

Questions about autonomous

What does autonomous mean?

autonomous means "(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in autonomous?

autonomous has 4 syllables: au-to-no-mous. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ɔˈtɑnəməs/.

What is another word for autonomous?

Close synonyms include independent, self-governing, sovereign, self-directed, self-reliant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autonomous a common word?

autonomous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.