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automaton

noun

1 automaton

Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way:
— Only an automaton wouldn't have noticed.

synonyms: zombi, zombie.

Roget 601: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.    necessity, necessitation; obligation; compulsion etc. ... show more

2 automaton

A mechanism that can move automatically.

synonyms: golem, robot.

Dutch: automaat, robot
Polish: robot


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