semiautomatic

Other forms of semiautomatic

plural

semiautomatics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about semiautomatic

What does semiautomatic mean?

semiautomatic means "partially automatic". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semiautomatic?

semiautomatic has 6 syllables: sem-i-au-to-mat-ic. The stress falls on "mat". In IPA it is /ˌsɛmiˌɔtəˈmætɪk/.

What is another word for semiautomatic?

Close synonyms include autoloading, self-loading, semiautomatic pistol. 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 semiautomatic a common word?

semiautomatic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with semiautomatic?

32 words rhyme with semiautomatic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.