automatonlike
Like a machine
Automatonlike describes movement or behavior that resembles a machine or robot—mechanical, repetitive, and lacking spontaneity or emotion.
Someone moving automatonlike performs actions without apparent thought or feeling: She went through her morning routine automatonlike, still numb from the news.
The word suggests the absence of human warmth or individuality.
Stiff and unemotional
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- clockworkSpring-driven gear system
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- cogsProjections on a wheel
pistons · programmed · systematic · automated · precise · rigid · jerky · stiff
Without compassion or emotion
- blankWithout marks or content
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- coldLow temperature state
detached · vacant · hollow · numb · wooden · deadpan · affectless · glassy-eyed
Unchangingly dull
- roteMemorization through repetition
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
- droningSustained monotonous sound
unvarying · mechanical · tireless · unthinking · habitual · reflexive · involuntary · compulsive
Produced artificially, not natural
- androidMachine resembling a person
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
- bionicMechanically augmented human
robotic · inhuman · unnatural · simulated · fabricated · constructed · manufactured · engineered
robotic
Stiff and unemotional
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- clockworkSpring-driven gear system
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
cogs · pistons · programmed · systematic · automated · precise · rigid · jerky · stiff · hydraulic
unfeeling
Without compassion or emotion
- blankWithout marks or content
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
cold · detached · vacant · hollow · numb · wooden · deadpan · affectless · glassy-eyed · zombie-like
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
- roteMemorization through repetition
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
droning · unvarying · mechanical · tireless · unthinking · habitual · reflexive · involuntary · compulsive · predictable
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
- androidMachine resembling a person
- humanoidBeing with body like ours
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
bionic · robotic · inhuman · unnatural · simulated · fabricated · constructed · manufactured · engineered · cyborg
automatonlikespontaneous
Arising without external cause
self-directed · autonomous · free-spirited · freewheeling · impulsive
automatonlikeanimated
Full of life, or drawn moving
expressive · lively · vibrant · emotive · passionate
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