manual

Meaning

Noun

1. Synonym of handbook.
2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
3. A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. (historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5. A keyboard on an organ.

Adj

1. Performed with the hands.
2. Operated by means of the hands.
3. Performed by a human rather than a machine.

Opposite of

automatic

Synonyms

handbook

guide

textbook

📖

reference book

hand-operated

vade mecum

directory

instructions

guidebook

order

instruction

compendium

aid

manually

direction

operating instructions

treatise

man.

👨

by hand

manual of arms

primer

hand-to-hand

index

instruction manual

introduction

keyboard

🎹

labour

leaflet

man-made

manuscript

mechanical

movie

opera

orthodoxy

outline

plot

poniard

recipe

reference

reference manual

rulebook

scenario

screenplay

stiletto

storyline

user guide

workbook

instruction book

instructions for use

text book

Translations

manuel

manual

manuale

Handbuch

manual

manuell

handboek

handleiding

Manual

Leitfaden

manual

εγχειρίδιο

guide

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: manuel

In summary

From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).