The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
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Instinctive
//ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv//
Synonyms for "instinctive" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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derived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 28 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- բնազդային adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- բնազդային adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Asturian
2 entries- instintivu adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instintivu adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Bulgarian
2 entries- инстинктивен adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- несъзнателен adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Catalan
2 entries- instintiu adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instintiu adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Dutch
4 entries- instinctief adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instinctief adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
- instinctmatig adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instinctmatig adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Esperanto
1 entries- instinkta adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Finnish
4 entries- vaistomainen adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- vaistomainen adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
- vaistonvarainen adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- vaistonvarainen adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
French
2 entries- instinctif adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instinctif adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Galician
2 entries- instintivo adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instintivo adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
German
2 entries- instinktiv adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instinktiv adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Greek
2 entries- ενστικτώδης adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- ενστικτώδης adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Hindi
3 entries- नैसर्गिक adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- सहज adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- सहजवृत्तिक adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Hungarian
2 entries- ösztönös adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- ösztönös adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Indonesian
2 entries- instingtif adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instingtif adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Irish
1 entries- instinneach adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Macedonian
2 entries- инстинкти́вен adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- на́гонски adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Malay
4 entries- kenalurian adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- kenalurian adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
- naluri adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- naluri adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Manx
1 entries- dooghyssagh adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- instinktiv adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- instinktiv adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Polish
1 entries- instynktowny adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Portuguese
2 entries- instintivo adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instintivo adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Russian
1 entries- инстинкти́вный adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Slovene
1 entries- nagonski adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
Spanish
2 entries- instintivo adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instintivo adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Swedish
2 entries- instinktiv adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- instinktiv adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Turkish
2 entries- içgüdüsel adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- içgüdüsel adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Ukrainian
2 entries- інстинкти́вний adj (related to or prompted by instinct)
- інстинкти́вний adj (driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
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Man has an instinctive tendency to speak, as we see in the babble of our young children, while no child has an instinctive tendency to bake, brew or write.
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Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes.
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