Autospeak

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Thoughtless, automatic speech. informal, uncountable

    "If management is not quite as routinised as teaching, it still involves quite a lot of autospeak when what people say follows familiar pathways."

  2. 2
    The jargon associated with motor vehicles. US, informal, uncountable

    "Honk, which was autospeak for `Get out of my way'."

Example

More examples

"If management is not quite as routinised as teaching, it still involves quite a lot of autospeak when what people say follows familiar pathways."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From auto- + speak.

Etymology 2

From auto + -speak.

Related phrases

motor vehicle

More for "autospeak"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.