REFLEX Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word reflex. (close relations)
reflexively
Best Alternative Words for REFLEX
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automatic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control noun • self-loading rifle capable of automatic fire • a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released adjective satellite • resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine • without volition or conscious control | ||||||||
instinctive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct | ||||||||
involuntary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not subject to the control of the will • controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control | ||||||||
spontaneous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • happening or arising without apparent external cause adjective satellite • said or done without having been planned or written in advance | ||||||||
unconscious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead noun • that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware adjective satellite • without conscious volition • (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving | ||||||||
unthinking | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adverb • in a thoughtless manner adjective satellite • not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought • without care or thought for others • mentally sluggish | ||||||||
re-entrant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • (of angles) pointing inward | ||||||||
reflexive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent adjective satellite • without volition or conscious control • referring back to itself | ||||||||
inborn reflex | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
innate reflex | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
instinctive reflex | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
physiological reaction | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
reflex action | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
reflex response | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | ||||||||
unconditioned reflex | nounn | |||||||
noun • an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |