Skip to content
GREMockTests
GRE vocabulary

autonomous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore A words

self-governing and independent

Start a free GRE mock test 39 minutes · free · instant score
In a sentence

Autonomous in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing autonomous in a sentence.

The region was granted autonomous status within the federation.

Synonyms
independentself-governingsovereign
Antonyms
dependentsubordinatecontrolled

Quick GRE check

Question 1 of 3

3 questions, about 2 minutes. How would you do on the real test?

Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

Common questions

Questions about “autonomous”

Autonomous (adjective) means self-governing and independent
Here is autonomous used in an example sentence: "The region was granted autonomous status within the federation."
Common synonyms for autonomous include independent, self-governing, sovereign.
Antonyms of autonomous include dependent, subordinate, controlled.
Autonomous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

See these words the way the GRE tests them.

Take the free 39-minute GRE Quick Mock Test and meet words like this inside real Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions, with a worked solution for every answer.