He mistook the car's cruise control for autopilot.
Source: tatoeba (9305380)
Autopilot
/ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/
Synonyms for "autopilot" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
automatic pilotautomatic flight controlautomatic mode
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
automatic operationclosed loop controllercontrol devicecontrol system
Related words (7)
Noun(7 words)
default modefeedback controllerflight computerflight control systemhands-off operationrobot pilotself-operating mode
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
8 entriesaltitude holdattitude holdauto throttlecourse holdheading holdpreprogrammed routineprocess automationsystem default
Collocations
6 entriesaircraft autopilotautomatic flight controlautopilot modeautopilot systemflight autopilotheading hold
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
We're on autopilot.
Source: tatoeba (10052694)
Get off of autopilot.
Source: tatoeba (10052708)
Can you enable the autopilot?
Source: tatoeba (10852638)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.