intuitive
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
- I'm pretty intuitive about this kind of thing.
- an intuitive sense
- intuitive thinking
- an intuitive feeling
Definitely a matter of the intuitive mind, right?
- Definitely a matter of the intuitive mind, right?
- It's because to me, you couple an intuitive movement with a solid plan.
- That kind of almost is counter intuitive to you going in.
- And there is this intuitive sense that I can push too hard.
- They go to the ultimate end of what's counter intuitive often or just dumb.
- It's so counter intuitive to survival, is it not?
- I mean, there is our sort of intuitive understanding of the world.
- And poets, like other artists, play with those intuitive understandings.
- You know, there's a degree of either sort of counter intuitive or seemingly illogical.
- Whatever it is that's occurring, it is a right brain intuitive experience.
- And it's an intuitive knowing that I need to do this.
- And so we have no choice but to make intuitive guesses.
- She's very intuitive and a feeler type person.
- If not, then I can be intuitive about it.
Examples
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Her ability to solve puzzles is purely intuitive; she just knows how to find the right pieces.
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And it's an intuitive knowing that I need to do this.
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Definitely a matter of the intuitive mind, right?
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I mean, there is our sort of intuitive understanding of the world.
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My heart, my intuitive mind was saying do it.
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And there is this intuitive sense that I can push too hard.
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My son is an intuitive young man.
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In our discussion, we rely on a rather intuitive understanding of a search problem.
Academic text (2011) -
Digital Teach Librarian is very intuitive and very easy to use.
Academic text (2011) -
He has the most intuitive understanding of atomic structure I have ever seen.
Synonyms
A natural quick action or feeling that happens without thinking
A quick natural reaction that happens without thinking
Acting by following a feeling rather than careful thinking
Antonyms
Compounds
How Intuitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intuitive comes from the Latin verb intueri meaning 'to look at', so you can think of it as 'inner seeing'. That's why an intuitive feeling or decision is one you know instantly without having to think or reason.