autoloading

1. 1.

   (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously

   “an autoloading rifle”

   Synonymsself-loadingsemiautomatic

   Similarautomatic

Questions about autoloading

What does autoloading mean?

autoloading means "(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously".

How many syllables are in autoloading?

autoloading has 5 syllables: a-u-to-loa-ding. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for autoloading?

Close synonyms include self-loading, semiautomatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autoloading a common word?

autoloading is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.