intuits
Knows without proof
Intuits means to understand or know something immediately without conscious reasoning.
Where logic works step by step, intuition grasps the whole at once: She intuits what her clients need before they articulate it.
The word often appears when someone perceives emotional or social truths that aren't explicitly stated.
Means of perception
- discernsRecognizes through careful observation
- detectsDiscovers or notices
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- readsInterprets written symbols
recognizes · apprehends · divines · gleans · fathoms · surmises · infers · deduces
Unproven inner sense
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- feelingSensed inner state
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sensePerception or judgment
suspicion · impression · premonition · foreboding · unease · nagging · vibes · apprehension
Extrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
divination · ESP · premonition · foresight · visionary · prophetic · prescient · supernatural
Grasping what's true
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
clarity · grasp · comprehension · epiphany · recognition · cognition · foresight · acumen
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- inbornExisting from birth
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
automatic · unconscious · hardwired · natural · unlearned · biological · inherited · survival
senses
Means of perception
reads · recognizes · apprehends · divines · gleans · fathoms · surmises · infers · deduces · understands
hunch
Unproven inner sense
sense · suspicion · impression · premonition · foreboding · unease · nagging · vibes · apprehension · presentiment
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- extrasensoryBeyond ordinary perception
- telepathyDirect mental communication
psychic · divination · ESP · premonition · foresight · visionary · prophetic · prescient · supernatural
realization
Grasping what's true
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
awareness · clarity · grasp · comprehension · epiphany · recognition · cognition · foresight · acumen · wisdom
innate
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- inbornExisting from birth
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
reflexive · automatic · unconscious · hardwired · natural · unlearned · biological · inherited · survival · impulse
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- perceiversperceiver, observer, watcher, viewer, looker
intuitsdeduces
Reaches by reasoning
reasons · calculates · analyzes · deliberates · infers
intuitsproves
Establishes truth of
verifies · demonstrates · confirms · establishes · substantiates
- 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
intuition, intuitive, intuit, intuitively, intuitiveness, intuiting, intuited, counterintuitive, unintuitive