Antonyms 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. • Physiology

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1. automatic rifle, automatic, machine riflenoun

   light machine gun

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

   Synonyms:
   automatic rifle, machine rifle, automatic pistol

2. automatic pistol, automaticadjective

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

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

   Synonyms:
   machine rifle, automatic pistol, automatic rifle

3. automaticadjective

   operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control

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

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

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

4. automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, roboticadjective

   resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

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

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

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

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-propelling, self-moving, involuntary, mechanical

How to use automatic in a sentence?

1. Tom Cashman:

   If you had family it was automatic: start as a runner, meeting people at different firms and working your way to branch out to your own firm.

2. President Barack Obama:

   What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terror suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon?

3. Doug Jones:

   I'm open to voting yes. I'm open to voting no. We don't know who this nominee is going to be yet. I don't think my role is a rubber stamp for the President, but it's also not an automatic, knee-jerk no either.

4. White House:

   H.R. 1 would prohibit commonsense efforts to clean up voting-rolls to limit opportunities for voting fraud, the bill would also require States to adopt online registration, same-day registration, and automatic voter registration, thus imposing a one-size-fits-all standard for weighing the competing values of voter access and voting integrity.

5. Eric Boullier:

   At this time of the day last year French Grand Prix organizers had 6,000 people on site, because they were all blocking the road, and French Grand Prix organizers have 15,000 now, every time you pass a gate they scan your pass and this is automatic. French Grand Prix organizers have a live connection and French Grand Prix organizers know exactly if they are in or not.

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