Home › Words › A › autonauton/ˈɔː.tɒn/auton means A surname.auton is pronounced /ˈɔː.tɒn/.EtymologyCoined by Robert Holmes in 1969, from a contraction of automaton.nameA surname.nounA machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.e.g.“Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.” — 1974, Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, page 55:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.automaton 84% match — A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions. vs auton →automatonlike 62% match — Like an automaton; robotic. vs auton →autorun 61% match — Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically. vs auton →automan 61% match — A man involved in automobile manufacture. vs auton →autonomation 60% match — An automation design concept developed at Toyota, using error-proofing and automatic process defect detection to ease human participation in demanding just-in-time manufacturing. vs auton →autofactory 59% match — A factory capable of running autonomously. vs auton →autonav 59% match — automatic navigation vs auton →teleautomaton 59% match — A machine that can be moved by remote control. vs auton →