Hunch

/hʌnt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "hunch" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(5 words)

arch bendbend backbilge blain blebblind guessblister blobbold conjectureboss bow bubble bulb bulge bulla bump bunch burl button

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cahot chine chunk clod clump condyle conjecture convex cower cringe crook crouch curl

Strong matches (55)

Noun(11 words)

curvature guessguess based decisionguessworkgut feelinginkling instinct instinctiveness instincts intuiting intuitiveness

curve decurve deflect dome dowel ear embow feeling flange flap flex foreboding forefeelingfunny feelinggallget downgnarl gob grovel guess

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handle hill hook huddle humphunch downhunk impression incurvate incurve inflect intimation intuitionintuitive impressionjog joggle knob knot knur

Verb(3 words)

humphunch forwardhunch over

Adjective(2 words)

informal guessingintuitive reasoning

Related words (93)

knurl lip loop lump mole mountain nevus nub nubbin nubble nugget papilloma peg perhaps preapprehension prediction premonition presage presagement presentiment

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push recurve reflect reflex retroflex rib ridge ringrough guessround sagscrouch downsensation shot shoulder speculation spine squat stab stoop stud style surmise suspicion swag sweep tab theory tubercle tubercule turnunverified suppositionvague feelingvague ideavault verruca vesicle wad wale wallow wart welt welterwild guesswind

Noun(19 words)

lean lumpmaking predictionmore instinctivemost instinctivenotion notions premonition premonitions protuberance sense slouch slouches stoop stooping stoops supposition suspectunstructured guessing process

Determiner(1 words)

most animal instinct

Adjective(6 words)

nonalgorithmic methodrandom guessrandom guessingrandom guessworkrandom ideasstrong feeling

Verb(2 words)

slouched suppose

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

18 entries

bearing belief bendingchange postureconjecture contour feature feeling form impression judgment move notion opinion postureposture_change

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More specific

13 entries

bend bulgeeducated guessguessgut feelinginfer intuition lean lump premonition slouch stoop suspect

Collocations

10 entries

a hunch about the problembased on a hunchgut hunchhunch abouthunch about the datahunchback posturehunchbacked spinehunched backhunched shouldersstrong hunch

Inflections

3 entries

hunched hunches hunching

Derivations

2 entries

hunchback huncher

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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I had a hunch something pleasant was going to happen.

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I have a hunch that it will rain.

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I have a hunch.

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I have a hunch boracasli is using a second account.

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