Mechanical

Quick meaning: Mechanical is an adjective meaning (now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.

Meaning

(now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.

More Meanings

1. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
2. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
3. Done by machine.
4. Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
5. (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
6. (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
7. (informal) Handy with machines.

Example Sentences

mechanical arm

mechanical task

mechanical dictionary

mechanical engineering

Word Forms

• mechanicals

Synonyms for mechanical

Depending on context, synonyms include pasteup, mechanic, automatic, nonhuman, mechanistic, automatonlike.

Antonyms for mechanical

Common opposites include nonmechanical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mechanized, mechanic, machinelike, mechanistic, automatonlike, windup.

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