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" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Noun(3 words)
animal featuresanimal traitbasic greedy method
Adjective(9 words)
animalistic behavioranimalistic energyanimalistic instinctsanimalistic traitsanimallike traitsautomaticautomatic responsebehavioral animalitybiological instinct
Strong matches (37)
Adjective(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
intuition-based teaching
Related words (63)
Adjective(17 words)
intuitivenaturalnatural affinitynatural phenomenanatural reasoningnatural substancenonthinkingreflexivespontaneousspontaneous actsspontaneous behaviorspontaneous planspontaneous scenespontaneous sketchspontaneous techniqueunconsciousunpremeditated push
Determiner(3 words)
more animal characteristicsmost animal instinctsmost animal traits
Noun(3 words)
reptilian brainunconscious beingunthinking action
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More general
2 entriesadjectivedescriptive term
More specific
4 entriesautomatic responsegut feelingreflex actionsnap judgment
Collocations
6 entriesinstinctive behaviorinstinctive driveinstinctive reactioninstinctive responseinstinctive understandinginstinctive urge
Inflections
2 entriesmore instinctivemost instinctive
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample 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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