Intuitive

//ɪnˈt(j)uɪtɪv// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

    "The intuitive response turned out to be correct."

  2. 2
    Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

    "Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult."

  3. 3
    Having a marked degree of intuition.

    "I'm real intuitive, everyone is, we're just conditioned not to trust it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation wordnet
  2. 2
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
anticipantanticipatoryauguralblatantclairvoyantdirect

Example

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"There is a second way to define the Gabriel-Roiter measure which may be more intuitive."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

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