AUTOMATIC PILOT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) automatic pilot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • she went about her chores on automatic pilot
    • too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot
    • she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot
    Hypernyms(s) automatic pilot is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower