mom's intuition

6.3

A strong feeling a parent has about a child's needs or safety

noun
/mɑmz ɪnˈtjuːɪʃən/

: intuición materna

She trusted her mom's intuition and stayed up when she felt something was wrong.

Examples

He credits his safety to his mother's mom's intuition and quick reaction.
You should trust your mom's intuition!
Even without evidence, her mom's intuition told her that her son needed her.
My mom's intuition always seems to be right.
A mother often relies on mom's intuition to sense when her child is upset.
Despite the lack of evidence, she trusted her mom's intuition that something was not right.
He was amazed by how accurate mom's intuition can be when it comes to predicting her children's needs.

Synonyms

feeling

vsmom's intuition

∞ 1.0

A natural ability to understand or do something

is that instinctive impression specifically applied to caring for one's children

intuition

vsmom's intuition

127 5.5

A quick feeling that something is true without thinking

is this immediate knowing but directed toward a parent's perception of children

intuitive feeling

vsmom's intuition

1 5.1

A quick sense that something is true without thinking

is that immediate sense focused on a parent's view of their children's needs

Antonyms

ignorance

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

How Intuitive

instinct

596 2.8

mom's intuition

6.3

insight

493 4.9

hunch

159 4.7

guess

768 1.0

Surface Forms

mom's intuition singular

moms' intuition plural

Morphology

mom's + intuition

The meaning is directly compositional: 'mom's' (mother's) + 'intuition' (knowing without conscious thought) yields 'a mother's instinctive sense', so the overall meaning can be derived from the parts. This possessive + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English composition, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Mom's intuition may come from mothers who watch their children every day and learn small signs others do not see. Because of that long care, mom's intuition feels like 'just knowing' with no proof, so the phrase means a strong, instinctive sense about a child.