- Autonomous - Old British gold coin - Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
chief; as, our sovereign prince. - Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign
state; a sovereign discretion. - Princely; royal. - Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. - Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual;
controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.