self-starter

Meaning

1. A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
2. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
3. An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.

Synonyms

starter

automatic starter

autostarter

Translations

Anlasser

μηχανή αυτόματης εκκίνησης

αυτόματη μηχανή εκκίνησης

motorino d’avviamento

starter

startmotor

motor de arranque

Etymology

From self- + starter.