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automan

automan

9.9
A machine or robot that works by itself to do tasks, often in future stories
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːtəˌmæn/
translation icon : autómata
  • The scientist designed an advanced automan to assist with dangerous laboratory experiments.

Examples

  • In the futuristic city, every household had its own automan to help with daily chores.

  • The comic book featured an automan who could transform into a car.

  • The automan completed tasks without any human intervention.

  • In the movie, the automan was designed to assist humans.

  • In the futuristic city, every household had its own automan to help with daily chores.

  • The scientist designed an advanced automan to assist with dangerous laboratory experiments.

  • The automan completed tasks without any human intervention.

Synonyms

automaton
vsautoman
  • Specialized
4 7.9

A machine that moves on its own and acts like a person or animal

is used for people or machines that work automatically not only machines
mechanical man
vsautoman
  • Archaic
1 7.5

A machine made to look and act like a person

is broader applying to people or machines that operate automatically

How Automated

automan
9.9
robot
454 2.6
operator
268 3.0

Surface Forms

automan singular
automans plural

Morphology

automan = man (semi-transparent) = auto + man

The word is clearly built from auto- plus man, but the specialized sense is a coined technical or science-fictional use rather than a fully everyday, fully predictable meaning.

Etymology

Automan comes from the parts auto- meaning 'self' and man meaning 'person', just like automatic or automobile. So, an automan is a 'self' person, a person or machine that works on its own.