Synonyms of the word

self-governing

• adj. autonomous.

autonomous

• adj. Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently.
• adj. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian…
• adj. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent;…

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

independent

• adj. not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
• adj. (politics) not affiliated with any political party.
• adj. Providing a comfortable livelihood.
• adj. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
• adj. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
• n. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
• n. A neutral or uncommitted person.
• n. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

sovereign

• adj. Exercising power of rule.
• adj. Exceptional in quality.
• adj. (now rare) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
• adj. Having supreme, ultimate power.
• adj. Princely; royal.
• adj. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
• n. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
• n. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
• n. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as…
• n. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
• n. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
• n. (Britain, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.