intuited
Knew without reasoning
Intuited is the past tense of intuit, meaning to know or sense something without conscious reasoning: She intuited that something was wrong before anyone spoke.
The word implies immediate understanding that bypasses logical steps—a gut feeling that proves correct.
He intuited the answer without working through the problem.
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
presentiment · foreboding · visceral · vibes · inner voice · gut · suspicion · nagging feeling
Became aware of
- graspedClutched or understood
- apprehendedCaptured or comprehended
- discernedPerceived with effort
- understoodGrasped the meaning
comprehended · recognized · detected · sensed · inferred · deduced · divined · read
Surprising disclosed truth
- aha momentSudden flash of understanding
- flashBrief burst of light
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- illuminationProvision of light
awakening · clarity · insight · realization · inspiration · struck · dawned · grasped
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
inkling · presentiment · foreboding · visceral · vibes · inner voice · gut · suspicion · nagging feeling · whisper
perceived
Became aware of
- graspedClutched or understood
- apprehendedCaptured or comprehended
- discernedPerceived with effort
understood · comprehended · recognized · detected · sensed · inferred · deduced · divined · read · picked up on
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- aha momentSudden flash of understanding
- flashBrief burst of light
- breakthroughSudden important advance
illumination · awakening · clarity · insight · realization · inspiration · struck · dawned · grasped · apprehended
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
intuiteddeduced
Reached by reasoning
reasoned · calculated · inferred · figured out · worked out
intuitedproved
Established as true
demonstrated · verified · confirmed · substantiated · measured
- 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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