automatonlike

1. 1.

   resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

   “an automatic `thank you'”

   “machinelike efficiency”

   Synonymsautomaticmachinelikerobotlikerobotic

   Similarmechanical

Questions about automatonlike

What does automatonlike mean?

automatonlike means "resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine".

How many syllables are in automatonlike?

automatonlike has 5 syllables: au-to-ma-ton-like. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for automatonlike?

Close synonyms include automatic, machinelike, robotlike, robotic. 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 automatonlike a common word?

automatonlike 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.