|  automaton 
 
 1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
 - only an automaton wouldn't have noticed
 • Syn:
 zombi, zombie
 • Derivationally related forms:
 automatic, automatize, automatise
 • Hypernyms:
 anomaly, unusual person
 2. a mechanism that can move automatically
 • Syn:
 robot, golem
 • Derivationally related forms:
 automatic, automatize
 • Hypernyms:
 mechanism
 • Hyponyms:
 android, humanoid, mechanical man
 
 
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