Synonyms for automatic
ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪkau·to·mat·ic

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1. automaticadjective

   A car with automatic transmission.

   I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.

   Antonyms:
   standard transmission, manual, stickshift, stick, manual transmission

2. automaticadjective

   Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

   The reaction was automatic: flight!

   Synonyms:
   perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

   Antonyms:
   voluntary

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1. automatic

   That is spontaneous which is freely done, with no external compulsion and, in human actions, without special premeditation or distinct determination of the will; that is voluntary which is freely done with distinct act of will; that is involuntary which is independent of the will, and perhaps in opposition to it; a willing act is not only in accordance with will, but with desire. Thus voluntary and involuntary, which are antonyms of each other, are both partial synonyms of spontaneous. We speak of spontaneous generation, spontaneous combustion, spontaneous sympathy, an involuntary start, an unbidden tear, voluntary agreement, willing submission. A babe's smile in answer to that of its mother is spontaneous; the smile of a pouting child wheedled into good humor is involuntary. 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. In the fullest sense of that which is not only without the will but distinctly in opposition to it, or compulsory, involuntary becomes an antonym, not only of voluntary but of spontaneous; as, involuntary servitude. A spontaneous outburst of applause is of necessity an act of volition, but so completely dependent on sympathetic impulse that it would seem frigid to call it voluntary, while to call it involuntary would imply some previous purpose or inclination not to applaud.

   Synonyms:
   free, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, spontaneous, unbidden, voluntary, willing

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1. automatic rifle, automatic, machine riflenoun

   light machine gun

   Synonyms:
   automatic rifle, machine rifle, automatic pistol

   Antonyms:
   nonmechanical, manual, voluntary, non-automatic, hand-operated

2. automatic pistol, automaticadjective

   a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released

   Synonyms:
   machine rifle, automatic pistol, automatic rifle

   Antonyms:
   hand-operated, nonmechanical, non-automatic, voluntary, manual

3. automaticadjective

   operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

   "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"

   Synonyms:
   machinelike, reflexive, automatonlike, robotlike, robotic, reflex(a)

   Antonyms:
   manual, voluntary, hand-operated, non-automatic, nonmechanical

4. automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, roboticadjective

   resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

   "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency"

   Synonyms:
   machinelike, reflexive, automatonlike, robotlike, robotic, reflex(a)

   Antonyms:
   hand-operated, manual, non-automatic, nonmechanical, voluntary

5. automatic, reflex(a), reflexiveadjective

   without volition or conscious control

   "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

   Antonyms:
   manual, nonmechanical, voluntary, hand-operated, non-automatic

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1. automaticadjective

   Synonyms:
   self-moving, self-acting

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1. automaticadjective

   Synonyms:
   self-propelling, self-moving, involuntary, mechanical

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1. List of paraphrases for "automatic":

   auto, automated, automatically, automatically-operated, self-loading, self-running, self, spontaneous, auto-, automaticity, machine, automation, evergreen, autotoll

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1. Phil Watson:

   Modern gun laws became a political flashpoint in the late 1960s through the current day withthe passage of several new state and federal gun laws. The dividing lines became more clear in the 1990s with a controversial ban on the production of semi-automatic rifles.

2. Nathaniel Brandon:

   Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle is a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.

3. Thomas Kiklas:

   Make sure that you use the charger that comes with the battery, and make sure the charger has a shutoff device, an automatic shutoff device, so it's not overcharged. That's typically the biggest issue which causes batteries to fail.

4. Janet Bodnar:

   Set up a savings account earmarked for your vacation and make regular, automatic contributions, you want to make sure funds are held in an FDIC-insured institution, and compare interest rates to what you’d get at a bank — though interest rates at banks are so low right now it’s almost shameful.

5. Hannah Arendt:

   Predictions of the future are never anything but projections of present automatic processes and procedures, that is, of occurrences that are likely to come to pass if men do not act and if nothing unexpected happens; every action, for better or worse, and every accident necessarily destroys the whole pattern in whose frame the prediction moves and where it finds its evidence.