Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Synonyms for Machine
Puppet and machine are semantically related. in person who acts automatically topic. In some cases you can use "Puppet" instead a noun "Machine".
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How words are described
| human | human machine | human puppet |
| old | old machine | old puppet |
| full | full machine | full puppet |
| perfect | perfect machine | perfect puppet |
| Other adjectives: alien, original, small, actual, real, large, big, huge, new, mechanical, political, mere, titular, strange, literal, mindless, giant, red, magical, robotic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Puppet's secretions are an incredibly deadly poison and also she's on a machine to circulate her 'blood' and drain her 'lymph', so she lives alone in a room she never gets to leave.
Source: Can't Have Sex, Ever -
In another episode Sportacus is too sleepy to do anything, so Pixel invents a machine that controls him while he's asleep with puppet strings.
Source: People Puppets - The Vendaface machine on The Muppet Show was meant to be only used once, but executive producer David Lazer suggested that he should be used more often as it was an expensive puppet to build.
Source: Shoot the Money
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Puppet and Machine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/puppet
Machine & Puppet. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/puppet>.
Puppet or Machine. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/puppet.
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