- autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign - of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
Antonym: unfree (indirect, via free)
- sovereign, supreme - greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"
Antonyms: subordinate, low-level (indirect, via dominant)
- sovereign, crowned head, monarch - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
--1 is a kind of ruler, swayer; head of state, chief of state
--1 has particulars:Capetian; Carolingian, Carlovingian; czar, tsar, tzar; Emperor; king, male monarch; Merovingian; Shah, Shah of Iran; Hanoverian