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Synonyms for automaton

Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-tom-uh-ton, -tn
Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈtɒm əˌtɒn, -tn

Top 10 synonyms for automaton
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Définition of automaton

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Latin automaton (Suetonius), from Greek automaton, neuter of automatos "self-acting," from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated, willing," from PIE *mn-to-, from root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).
  • As in machine : noun device that performs a task
  • As in machine : noun person who acts automatically
Example sentences :
  • As to the automaton, Mrs. Beaufort, Robert made sure of her discretion.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Like an automaton he turned again and paced to the hall door.
  • Extract from : « The Street That Wasn't There » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • I was an automaton turning a crank in the frozen stillness of the long, long night.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • You take orders like an automaton, and you go execute them like an automaton.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Like an automaton the man stepped forward, and after him paced the white horse.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • Had he learnt these complimentary bows from an automaton, or a dog?
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • The blind effort which he made to catch it overbalanced the automaton.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • The truth was that I had almost forgotten this latter creature, the automaton.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
  • It was followed by a stillness not only of the automaton itself, but also of ourselves.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
  • He can tell you of the message the automaton scrawled for him on a bit of paper.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child

Antonyms for automaton

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