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intuitive

intuitive

34 5.5
Felt without thinking, like a quick natural reaction
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/
translation icon : intuitivo
  • 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?

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Examples

  • Her ability to solve puzzles is purely intuitive; she just knows how to find the right pieces.

  • And it's an intuitive knowing that I need to do this.

  • Definitely a matter of the intuitive mind, right?

  • I mean, there is our sort of intuitive understanding of the world.

  • My heart, my intuitive mind was saying do it.

  • And there is this intuitive sense that I can push too hard.

  • My son is an intuitive young man.

  • 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

instinctive
vsintuitive
28 4.1

A natural quick action or feeling that happens without thinking

expresses inner knowledge or feeling without deliberate thought
instinctual
vsintuitive
12 4.2

A quick natural reaction that happens without thinking

is about immediate knowing or feeling without deliberate reasoning
intuitional
vsintuitive
  • Formal
7.7

Acting by following a feeling rather than careful thinking

is known or felt directly without conscious thinking

Antonyms

382 3.8

Based on clear thinking and facts rather than emotion

51 5.1

Using careful thinking to study something by looking at its parts

Compounds

A quick sense that something is true without thinking

How Intuitive

self-evident
25 4.8
intuitive
34 5.5
instinctive
28 4.1
unintuitive
1 7.3

Surface Forms

intuitive positive
intuitiver comparative
intuitivest superlative

Morphology

intuitive = intuit (transparent) = intuit + ive

The adjective 'intuitive' is transparently derived from the verb 'intuit' with the suffix '-ive' indicating a characteristic or quality.

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.