[{"word":"automatic","phonetic":"/ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/automatic-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=718897","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A car with automatic transmission.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic."},{"definition":"A semi-automatic pistol.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["manual transmission","standard transmission","stick","stickshift"]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Capable of operating without external control or intervention.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device."},{"definition":"Done out of habit or without conscious thought.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art."},{"definition":"Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Spitting at another player means an automatic red card."},{"definition":"(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies."},{"definition":"(of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)."},{"definition":"(of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["instinctive","perfunctory","thoughtless"],"antonyms":["manual","non-automatic","voluntary"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/automatic"]}]