All automaton synonyms

noun automaton

• apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
• automobile — An automobile is a car.
• tool — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
• appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
• instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
• motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
• vehicle — any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.
• gadget — a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
• contraption — You can refer to a device or machine as a contraption, especially when it looks strange or you do not know what it is used for.
• widget — a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, especially one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget: a row of widgets on the instrument panel.
• robot — a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
• mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
• computer — a device, usually electronic, that processes data according to a set of instructions. The digital computer stores data in discrete units and performs arithmetical and logical operations at very high speed. The analog computer has no memory and is slower than the digital computer but has a continuous rather than a discrete input. The hybrid computer combines some of the advantages of digital and analog computers
• contrivance — If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
• implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
• thingamabob — thingamajig.
• laborer — a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training: a laborer in the field.
• clone — If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
• agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
• grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• puppet — an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
• drudge — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
• zombie — the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. the supernatural force itself.
• mechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
• android — In science fiction books and films, an android is a robot that looks like a human being.
• machine — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
• labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.