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automatic - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | automatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done or made by machine |
| Synonyms: | automated, electric, electronic, mechanical, motorized, mechanized, robotic, self-moving, self-regulating, self-starting |
| Antonyms: | by hand, manual |
| Main Entry: | automatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done by habit |
| Synonyms: | habitual, impulsive, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, natural, perfunctory, reflex, routine, spontaneous, unconscious, unintentional, unthinking, autogenetic, instinctual, unforced, unmeditated, unwilled |
| Antonyms: | thought-out |
| Main Entry: | automatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | occurring as natural consequence |
| Synonyms: | assured, certain, inescapable, inevitable, necessary, routine, unavoidable |
| Antonyms: | stilted, unnatural |
| Main Entry: | automated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made or done by a machine |
| Synonyms: | automatic, computerized, electronic, mechanical, motorized, electrical, mechanized, programmed, robotic |
| Antonyms: | by hand, manual |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous/extemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, informal, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff*, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, ad lib, at first glance, by ear, improv, improvisatory, improviso, jamming, off the top of head, on impulse, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, winging it |
| Antonyms: | planned, prepared, read, written, rehearsed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habitual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, established |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accustomed, addicted, automatic, chronic, common, confirmed, constant, continual, conventional, customary, familiar, fixed, frequent, hardened, ingrained, inveterate, mechanical, methodical, natural, normal, ordinary, perfunctory, permanent, perpetual, persistent, practiced, recurrent, regular, repeated, repetitious, rooted, routine, seasoned, set, standard, steady, systematic, traditional, wonted, addicting, cyclic, disciplined, iterated, iterative, reiterative |
| Notes: | habitual means made a norm or custom or habit or fixed practice; customary means in accordance with convention or custom; usual means commonly or normally encountered, experienced, or observed |
| Antonyms: | infrequent, intermittent, occasional, rare, seldom, uncommon, unusual, inhabitual, unestablished |
| Main Entry: | impulsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending to act without thought |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, ad-lib*, automatic, careless, devil-may-care*, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky*, hasty, headlong, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, mad, offhand, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unexpected, unpredictable, unpremeditated, up-and-down*, violent, gone off deep end, hot-and-cold, jumping the gun, unconsidered, unmeditated, unprompted, winging it |
| Antonyms: | cautious, considering, heedful, thoughtful, wise, premeditative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intuitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
| Synonyms: | automatic, direct, emotional, habitual, immediate, inherent, innate, involuntary, natural, perceptive, spontaneous, understood, untaught, visceral, instinctual, unreflecting |
| Antonyms: | calculated, taught, meditated, reasoned |
| Main Entry: | involuntary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic; not done willingly |
| Synonyms: | automatic, blind, compulsory, conditioned, forced, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, knee-jerk*, obligatory, reflex, reluctant, spontaneous, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintentional, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwilling, unwitting, begrudging, grudging, instinctual, reflexive, uncalculated, unintended, unmeditated, unprompted, will-less |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, voluntary, unforced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mechanical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done by machine; machinelike |
| Synonyms: | automated, automatic, cold, cursory, emotionless, fixed, habitual, impersonal, instinctive, involuntary, lifeless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, perfunctory, routine, spiritless, standardized, stereotyped, unchanging, unconscious, unfeeling, unthinking, useful, laborsaving, machine-driven, programmed |
| Antonyms: | by hand, conscious, feeling, manual |
| Main Entry: | spontaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impulsive, willing |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib*, automatic, casual, down, extemporaneous, extempore, free, impetuous, impromptu, improvised, inevitable, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible, natural, offhand, simple, unavoidable, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintentional, unplanned, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, voluntary, break loose, free spirited, from the hip, off top of head, off-the-cuff, unartful, unbidden, uncompelled, unconstrained, uncontrived, unforced, unpremediated, unprompted |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, intended, planned, premeditated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | visceral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, automatic, congenital, habitual, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, intuitive, knee-jerk*, natural, reflex, rooted, instinctual, intuitional, second-nature |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improvised |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, fake, free, immediate, impromptu, informal, made-up, makeshift, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, autoschediastic, by ear, extemporary, improv, improvisatory, improviso, jamming, on impulse, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, winging it |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, planned, premeditated, prepared, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | reflex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mechanical |
| Synonyms: | automatic, habitual, involuntary, knee-jerk, responsive, spontaneous, unthinking |
| Main Entry: | regular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | orderly, consistent, balanced |
| Synonyms: | accordant, automatic, classified, congruous, consonant, constant, dependable, efficient, established, even, exact, expected, fixed, flat, formal, harmonious, invariable, level, measured, mechanical, methodical, momentary, ordered, organized, periodic, precise, probable, punctual, rational, recurrent, regulated, rhythmic, routine, serial, set, smooth, standardized, stated, steady, straight, successive, symmetrical, systematic, uniform, alternating, arranged, cyclic, in order, patterned |
| Antonyms: | changing, disorderly, inconsistent, infrequent, irregular, unsteady, variable, imbalanced |
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