autistic
UK/ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/US/ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/
autistic adjective: having, characteristic of, or relating to autism.
Adjective
autistic (comparative more autistic, superlative most autistic)
- Having, characteristic of, or relating to autism.
- Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.2003 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 07 Aug 2014
- Synonyms:
- on the spectrum
- Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
- Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
- imagine being this autistic over a fictional character
- Lame, uncool, stupid.
Noun
autistic (plural autistics)
- A person who has autism.
- If our definition of empathy were to require we take the human cognitive norm (overwhelmingly influenced by neurotypical cognition) as the absolute standard by which to measure empathy, then indeed we would have to conclude autistics do not instinctively possess a good sense of empathy.2006, Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony
- Yet because of the history and proliferation of the supercrip in films in television shows – not only with autism but supercrips with other disabilities as well – viewers are primed for the supercrip autistic and are therefore not expecting (in some ways) a view of autism that comes across to many...2016, Katherine Lashley, “Displaying Autism: The Thinking Images of Temple Grandin (2010)”, in Benjamin Fraser, editor, Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Cinema Contexts, page 130
- Synonyms:
- autist
autistic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
autistic in Hindi
- having or pertaining to autism
- स्वलीन svalīn
autistic in Tamil
- தன்மைய
autistic in Marathi
- ऑटिस्टिक
autistic in Urdu
- آٹسٹک
More languagesFewer languages
- autistic in Bengali
- অটিস্টিক
- autistic in Telugu
- ఆటిస్టిక్, ఆటిస్టిక్స్, ఆటిస్టిక్గా
- autistic in Malayalam
- ഓട്ടിസ്റ്റിക്
- autistic in Kannada
- ಆಟಿಸ್ಟಿಕ್
- autistic in Punjabi
- ਆਟਿਸਟਿਕ, ਔਟਿਸਟਿਕ, ਆੱਟਿਸਟਿਕ
- autistic in Gujarati
- ઓટીસ્ટીક, ઑટિસ્ટિક, ઓટીસ્ટિક
- autistic in Odia
- ଅଟିସ୍ଟିକ
- autistic in Nepali
- अटिस्टिक, आटिस्टिक
- autistic in Arabic
- تَوَحُّدِي tawaḥḥudī
- autistic in Malay
- autistik
Examples of autistic in a sentence
- This character is coded as autistic.
- AuDHDers may seem more extroverted in social situations than someone who is only autistic, Neff said.
- In AuDHD, special interest may change more rapidly than for those who are only autistic, Neff said.
Synonyms of autistic
Antonyms
Forms of autistic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more autistic |
| superlative | most autistic |
| Noun | |
| plural | autistics |
Origin of autistic
From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.
Words formed from autistic
Phrases with autistic
Words that rhyme with autistic
- artistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
- holistic
29 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about autistic
- What does autistic mean?
- Autistic means having, characteristic of, or relating to autism.
- What is autistic in Hindi?
- Autistic in Hindi is स्वलीन (svalīn). See Autistic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is autistic?
- Autistic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce autistic?
- Autistic is pronounced /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near autistic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: autistic (page history and authors); autistic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); autistic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); autistic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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