autophile

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noun

An automobile enthusiast.

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Meanings

nounautophile (plural autophiles)

plural autophiles

  1. An automobile enthusiast.

    The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.

    2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times

Origin

From auto- + -phile.

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Cite this entry
APA

autophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophile

MLA

“autophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autophile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autophile.

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