Autonomous

autonomous
    adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
           "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn:
           {autonomous}, {independent}, {self-governing},
           {sovereign}]
    2: existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India
       created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
    3: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in
       e.g. action and judgment [syn: {autonomous}, {self-directed},
       {self-reliant}]
    

Autonomous \Au*ton"o*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + ? to assign,
   hold, sway.]
   1. Independent in government; having the right or power of
      self-government.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Biol.) Having independent existence or laws.
      [1913 Webster]
    

95 Moby Thesaurus words for "autonomous":
      absolute, arbitrary, aristocratic, autarchic, autarkic,
      authoritarian, autocratic, bureaucratic, civic, civil,
      constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, discretional,
      discretionary, elective, fascist, federal, federalist,
      federalistic, free, free will, free-spirited, freewheeling,
      governmental, gratuitous, gubernatorial, heteronomous, independent,
      individualistic, inner-directed, matriarchal, matriarchic,
      monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, neutral, nonaligned,
      nonmandatory, nonpartisan, offered, official, oligarchal,
      oligarchic, optional, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
      patriarchic, pluralistic, political, proffered, republican,
      self-acting, self-active, self-contained, self-dependent,
      self-determined, self-determining, self-directing, self-governed,
      self-governing, self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-sufficient,
      self-supporting, separate, sovereign, spontaneous, theocratic,
      third-force, third-world, totalitarian, unasked, unbesought,
      unbidden, uncalled-for, uncoerced, uncompelled, unconstrained,
      uncontrolled, unforced, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpressured,
      unprompted, unrequested, unrequired, unsolicited, unsought,
      voluntary, volunteer, willful