Synonyms for automatic
- adjective
Most common
automated mechanical robotic instinctive mindless involuntary self-acting
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Automated
automated, mechanical, robotic, robotlike rare, automatonlike rare, machinelike rare
2. Instinctive — done out of habit or without conscious thought
3. Involuntary
4. Self-acting
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
The reaction was automatic: flight!
- adj. 2
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.
- adj. 3
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.
- adj. 4
Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies.
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In physiology the action of the heart and lungs is called involuntary; the growth of the hair and nails is spontaneous; the action of swallowing is voluntary up to a certain point, beyond which it becomes involuntary or automatic.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- mechanical I have a master's degree in mechanical engineering.
- automated The factory has automated its production lines.
- robotic Leonid was paralyzed and assisted by robotic hands.
- mindless The internet is great for mindless entertainment.
- instinctive All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
- involuntary Hiccups are involuntary contraction of the diaphragm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| automatic | falling | |
| mechanical | falling | |
| automated | steady | |
| robotic | rising | |
| mindless | rising | |
| instinctive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- auto2
- 6 letters
- reflex2
- 7 letters
- robotic3
- 8 letters
- mindless2
- 9 letters
- automated4, reflexive3, brainless2, robotlike
- 10 letters
- mechanical4
- 11 letters
- spontaneous4, involuntary5, instinctive3, thoughtless2, perfunctory4, machinelike
- 13 letters
- automatonlike
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (auto2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- automatique
- Italiano
- automatico
- Español
- automático
- Deutsch
- automatisch
- Català
- automàtic