non-automatic

A form of nonautomatic — Not automatic.

Similar
hand-operatedmanual
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivenon-automatic (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonautomatic.

    And they had to be automatic (after several disasters with non-automatic systems) so that a brake failure or breakage of the coupling would not leave the train without reasonable brakes.

    1964 March, “Train braking - the next steps”, in Modern Railways, page 186

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveoperated by hand

Similar
hand-operatedmanual
Also see
hand-operatedmanual

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From non- + automatic.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

non-automatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-automatic

MLA

“non-automatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-automatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-automatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-automatic.

Source: non-automatic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.