Overview of noun automatic

The noun automatic has 2 senses

• automatic rifle, automatic, machine rifle -- (light machine gun)


• automatic pistol, automatic -- (a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released)

Overview of adj automatic

The adj automatic has 3 senses

• automatic -- (operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts")


• automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic -- (resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency")


• automatic, reflex, reflexive -- (without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive")