gut reaction
Immediate intuitive sense
A gut reaction is an immediate, instinctive response rather than one arrived at through deliberation: My gut reaction was to say no, but I thought it over and agreed.
The gut here represents intuition or visceral feeling, as opposed to rational analysis.
The phrase often implies the reaction may be worth questioning.
Innate behavioral tendency
- impulseSudden urge to act
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- knee-jerkInstinctive and unconsidered
- snap judgmentRapid evaluation without deliberation
automatic · spontaneous · involuntary · unthinking · split-second · immediate · quick · sudden
Unproven inner sense
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- feelingSensed inner state
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
foreboding · presentiment · sense · vibe · suspicion · instinct · knowing · inner voice
First in origin
- rawIn original state
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- gut-wrenchingCausing intense emotional anguish
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
intense · powerful · animalistic · fierce · unfiltered · heartfelt · passionate · overwhelming
Existing from birth
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- naturalNot artificially produced
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- inherentExisting as essential part
primal · unconscious · evolutionary · survival instinct · ancestral · genetic · built-in · intrinsic
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
snap judgment · automatic · spontaneous · involuntary · unthinking · split-second · immediate · quick · sudden · blink
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- feelingSensed inner state
inkling · foreboding · presentiment · sense · vibe · suspicion · instinct · knowing · inner voice
primal
First in origin
- rawIn original state
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- gut-wrenchingCausing intense emotional anguish
emotional · intense · powerful · animalistic · fierce · unfiltered · heartfelt · passionate · overwhelming · pit of the stomach
inborn
Existing from birth
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- naturalNot artificially produced
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
inherent · primal · unconscious · evolutionary · survival instinct · ancestral · genetic · built-in · intrinsic
- impulsive actionsspur of the moment, on a whim, snap decision, rush in, heat of the moment
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- gut feelingsgut feeling, gut instinct, hunch, instinct, sixth sense
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- instinctsinstinct, survival instinct, survival instincts, maternal instinct, gut instinct
- reactionsresponse, gasp, wince, flinch, startle
gut reactionanalytical thinking
Systematic examination of parts
logical deduction · logical reasoning · measured response · deliberation · systematic thinking
guts, react, reaction, intuition, intuitive, reacts, gutting, gutted, reactions