automatic
English Thesaurus
1. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (noun.artifact)
2. light machine gun (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | machine gun, |
| definition | : | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | assault gun, assault rifle, |
| definition | : | any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bar, browning automatic rifle, |
| definition | : | a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War (noun.artifact) |
3. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control (adj.all)
| similar | : | self-locking, |
| definition | : | locking automatically when closed (adj.all) |
| similar | : | self-winding, |
| definition | : | designed so that manual winding is unnecessary (adj.all) |
| similar | : | smart, |
| definition | : | capable of independent and apparently intelligent action (adj.all) |
| also | : | mechanical, |
| definition | : | using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices (adj.all) |
4. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (adj.all)
| similar | : | mechanical, |
| definition | : | using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices (adj.all) |
5. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)
| similar | : | involuntary, |
| definition | : | controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | physiology, |
| definition | : | the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition) |
6. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | automatic, automatic, |
| definition | : | operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control (adj.all) |
7. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control (adj.all)
| antonym | : | manual, |
| definition | : | requiring human effort (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | automatic, automatic pistol, |
| definition | : | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | automaton, golem, robot, |
| definition | : | a mechanism that can move automatically (noun.artifact) |
8. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (adj.all)
| derivation | : | automaton, zombi, zombie, |
| definition | : | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way (noun.person) |
9. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)
10. a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | automatic, automatic, |
| definition | : | operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control (adj.all) |
11. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control (adj.all)
| antonym | : | manual, |
| definition | : | requiring human effort (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | automatic, automatic pistol, |
| definition | : | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | automaton, golem, robot, |
| definition | : | a mechanism that can move automatically (noun.artifact) |
12. resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine (adj.all)
| derivation | : | automaton, zombi, zombie, |
| definition | : | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way (noun.person) |
13. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)
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