autoresponder

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noun

A computer program that automatically sends a certain message or messages in response to incoming e-mail.

OriginEnglish responder ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

nounautoresponder (plural autoresponders)

plural autoresponders

  1. computingA computer program that automatically sends a certain message or messages in response to incoming e-mail.

    Use your email autoresponder and outgoing voicemail message to set expectations about your work hours and communication response times

    2024 January 31, Jessica DuLong, “Unsubscribe from everything to start controlling the tech in your life, new book says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2024

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Englishrespond
  19. Englishresponder
  20. Englishautoresponder

From auto- + responder.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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