intuition

Noun

Meaning

A looking after; a regard to.

Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.

Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hunch sense understanding feeling perception inspiration insight instinct apprehension foresight clairvoyance premonition discernment foreboding perspicacity
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Antonyms

bank fact reason axiom belief brain
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Hypernyms

belief opinion notion feeling impression basic cognitive process

Hyponyms

heart feeling inspiration insight immediacy bosom

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

The really valuable thing is intuition. Albert Einstein

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. Rita Mae Brown

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. Alexis Carrel

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. Jonas Salk

An architect, to be a true exponent of his time, must possess first, last and always the sympathy, the intuition of a poet ... this is the one real, vital principle that survives through all places and all times. Louis Sullivan

You cannot love without intuition. Graham Greene

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