Colloquial Variant guide

unmanned

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʌnˈmænd/
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  • rhymes with -ænd
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N M AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not operated by a person or a crew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • unmanned drones
  • an automated e-mail message sent from an unmanned mailbox

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uncrewed, crewless

Antonyms: manned, crewed

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a bird of prey: not accustomed to the presence of human beings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of a setting, situation or event, devoid of males.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, neologism, not-comparable, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of unman

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

lacking a crew

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unmanned satellite to Mars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: remote-controlled

Antonyms: manned

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English manned English unmanned From un- + manned.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անօդաչու (anōdačʻu) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Bulgarian: безпилотен (bezpiloten) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Danish: ubemannet — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Dutch: onbemand — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Finnish: miehittämätön — not operated by a person or a crew
  • French: sans équipage — not operated by a person or a crew
  • German: unbemannt — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Greek: μη επανδρωμένος (mi epandroménos) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Hungarian: legénység nélküli — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Indonesian: nirawak — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Japanese: 無人 (mujin) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubemannet — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubemanna — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ubemanna — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Polish: bezzałogowy — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Portuguese: não tripulado — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Russian: беспило́тный (bespilótnyj) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Swedish: obemannad — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Tajik: бесарнишин (besarnišin) — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Turkish: insansız — not operated by a person or a crew
  • Ukrainian: безпіло́тний (bezpilótnyj) — not operated by a person or a crew