I had a hunch something pleasant was going to happen.
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Hunch
//hʌnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "hunch" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
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preapprehensionpredictionpremonitionpresagepresagementpresentimentpushrecurvereflectreflexretroflexribridgeringrough guessroundsagscrouch downsensationshotshoulderspeculationspinesquatstabstoopstudstylesurmisesuspicionswagsweeptabtheorytubercletuberculeturnunverified suppositionvague feelingvague ideavaultverrucavesiclewadwalewallowwartweltwelterwild guesswind
Noun(2 words)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesdbpedia language
1 entriesderived
11 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
119 translations across 29 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- donqa noun (hump; protuberance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бу́ца noun (hunk; lump; thick piece)
- гърбица noun (hump; protuberance)
- изгърбване noun (stooped or curled posture)
- кома́т noun (hunk; lump; thick piece)
Catalan
2 entries- gep noun (hump; protuberance)
- pressentiment noun (idea, theory)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 预感 noun (idea, theory)
Czech
4 entries- hrb noun (hump; protuberance)
- pocit noun (idea, theory)
- předtucha noun (idea, theory)
- tušení noun (idea, theory)
Dutch
4 entries- bochel noun (hump; protuberance)
- bult noun (hump; protuberance)
- gekromde houding noun (stooped or curled posture)
- idee noun (idea, theory)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĝibo noun (hump; protuberance)
Finnish
4 entries- aavistus noun (idea, theory)
- kimpale noun (hunk; lump; thick piece)
- kumara noun (stooped or curled posture)
- kyttyrä noun (hump; protuberance)
French
4 entries- bosse noun (hump; protuberance)
- intuition noun (idea, theory)
- pressentiment noun (idea, theory)
- se voûter verb (to slouch, stoop)
Galician
1 entries- chepa noun (hump; protuberance)
German
4 entries- Ahnung noun (idea, theory)
- Buckel noun (hump; protuberance)
- Gefühl noun (idea, theory)
- Hügel noun (hump; protuberance)
Greek
4 entries- καμπούρα noun (hump; protuberance)
- καμπούρα noun (stooped or curled posture)
- προαίσθημα noun (idea, theory)
- όγκος noun (hump; protuberance)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּחוּשַׁת בֶּטֶן noun (idea, theory)
Hungarian
4 entries- dudor noun (stooped or curled posture)
- gyanú noun (idea, theory)
- kinövés noun (stooped or curled posture)
- megérzés noun (idea, theory)
Icelandic
1 entries- hokinn noun (stooped or curled posture)
Irish
1 entries- tuaileas noun (idea, theory)
Italian
3 entries- gibbo noun (hump; protuberance)
- intuizione noun (idea, theory)
- presentimento noun (idea, theory)
Kazakh
1 entries- бүкірею verb (to slouch, stoop)
Latin
2 entries- gibber noun (hump; protuberance)
- gibbus noun (hump; protuberance)
Macedonian
4 entries- гр́пка noun (hump; protuberance)
- па́рче noun (hunk; lump; thick piece)
- подгрбу́вање noun (stooped or curled posture)
- пре́тчувство noun (idea, theory)
Māori
1 entries- whakahake verb (to slouch, stoop)
Portuguese
4 entries- corcova noun (hump; protuberance)
- corcunda noun (hump; protuberance)
- intuição noun (idea, theory)
- palpite noun (idea, theory)
Russian
4 entries- дога́дка noun (idea, theory)
- иде́я noun (idea, theory)
- сутулая поза noun (stooped or curled posture)
- го́рбиться verb (to slouch, stoop)
Sicilian
1 entries- jimmu noun (hump; protuberance)
Spanish
4 entries- chepa noun (hump; protuberance)
- corazonada noun (idea, theory)
- corcova noun (hump; protuberance)
- giba noun (hump; protuberance)
Swedish
3 entries- aning noun (idea, theory)
- hum noun (idea, theory)
- huka verb (to slouch, stoop)
Tagalog
1 entries- kutob noun (idea, theory)
Turkish
4 entries- his noun (idea, theory)
- sezgi noun (idea, theory)
- tümsek noun (hump; protuberance)
- önsezi noun (idea, theory)
Uzbek
2 entries- bukri noun (stooped or curled posture)
- taxmin noun (idea, theory)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
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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