SELF-GOVERNING Antonyms

• relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

• contingent on something else

• held from above and hanging down

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• addicted to a drug

• (often used in combination) having a specified direction

• manageable by a supervising agent

• dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

• controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law

• subject to a ruling authority

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer

• be successful; achieve a goal

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• watch and direct

• achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

• carry on or function

• handle effectively

• influence or control shrewdly or deviously

• hold something in one's hands and move it

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• manipulate in a fraudulent manner

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed