intuit
Grasp without reasoning
To intuit something is to know or sense it without conscious reasoning—to grasp through instinct rather than logic: She intuited that something was wrong before anyone spoke.
The word suggests immediate, almost mystical understanding that bypasses evidence or analysis.
It's the verb form of intuition, used when someone arrives at knowledge through feeling rather than thinking. (Capitalized Intuit is a software company.)
Perception or judgment
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- discernPerceive with careful attention
- detectNotice or discover
- feelPerceive by touch
read · apprehend · divine · fathom · recognize · glean · gather · surmise
Slight, uncertain awareness
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
feeling · notion · impression · conjecture · speculation · guesswork · supposition · anticipation
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- clarityState of being understandable
discernment · grasp · perception · cognition · enlightenment · awareness · flash · revelation
Extrasensory perception ability
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
ESP · mediumship · channeling · premonition · prophecy · supernatural · paranormal · mystic
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
unlearned · inborn · natural · hardwired · unconscious · automatic · visceral · spontaneous
sense
Perception or judgment
feel · read · apprehend · divine · fathom · recognize · glean · gather · surmise · deduce
inkling
Slight, uncertain awareness
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
foreboding · feeling · notion · impression · conjecture · speculation · guesswork · supposition · anticipation · glimmer
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
clarity · discernment · grasp · perception · cognition · enlightenment · awareness · flash · revelation · recognition
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
divination · ESP · mediumship · channeling · premonition · prophecy · supernatural · paranormal · mystic · seer
innate
Existing since birth
instinctual · unlearned · inborn · natural · hardwired · unconscious · automatic · visceral · spontaneous · involuntary
intuitmisunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
misconstrue · misinterpret · misperceive · misread · misapprehend
- intuitive leapGrasping without reasoning through
- intuitive eatingDiet-free body-responsive eating
- intuitive designInterface requiring no instruction
- intuitive thinkingCognition through instinct
- moral intuitionImmediate ethical judgment
- intuitive understandingKnowledge felt, not learned
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