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automatic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of automatic

1 done instantly and without conscious thought or decision

Carl's automatic use of the brakes narrowly averted a collision

Synonyms of automatic

instinctive, instinctual, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanic, mechanical, robotic, spontaneous

Words Related to automatic

conditioned, natural, Pavlovian, reactive, reflex, simple, subliminal, unconscious, unforced, visceral

blind, inadvertent, unintended, unintentional, unwilling, unwitting

abrupt, quick, ready, sudden

ad-lib, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, snap, spur-of-the-moment, unconsidered, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprompted, unreasoned, unrehearsed, unstudied

casual, chance, chancy, haphazard, hasty, hit-or-miss, impetuous, impulsive, mindless, random, rash

Near Antonyms of automatic

calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, designed, intended, intentional, predetermined, prepared, projected, refined, rehearsed, volitional, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful)

advised, aforethought, careful, considered, foresighted, forethoughtful, measured, meticulous, reasoned, studied, thoughtful

Antonyms of automatic

2 designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor

liked the ease of an automatic floor cleaner

Synonyms of automatic

automated, laborsaving, robotic, self-acting, self-operating, self-regulating

Words Related to automatic

mechanical, motorized, nonmanual

aiding, helping

easing, relieving

Antonyms of automatic

nonautomated, nonautomatic

Synonym Discussion of automatic

spontaneous, impulsive, instinctive, automatic, mechanical mean acting or activated without deliberation. spontaneous implies lack of prompting and connotes naturalness.

- a spontaneous burst of applause

impulsive implies acting under stress of emotion or spirit of the moment.

- impulsive acts of violence

instinctive stresses action involving neither judgment nor will.

- blinking is an instinctive reaction

automatic implies action engaging neither the mind nor the emotions and connotes a predictable response.

- his denial was automatic

mechanical stresses the lifeless, often perfunctory character of the response.

- a mechanical teaching method

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