Instinctual

//ɪnˈstɪŋk.t͡ʃuː.əl//

Synonyms for "instinctual" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

animal animalistic atavistic automatic beastly bestial bodily born

Strong matches (12)

brutal brute coeval congenital connate constitutional dumb genetic gut hereditary in the blood inborn

Related words (20)

inbred incarnate indigenous inherited innate instinctive intuitive involuntary mindless native natural organic physical primal spontaneous subhuman temperamental visceral zoological

Adjective(1 words)

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derived

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instinctualization instinctualize instinctually noninstinctual

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Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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本能的 adj (of, or derived from instinct)

Finnish

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vaistonvarainen adj (of, or derived from instinct)

Spanish

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instintual adj (of, or derived from instinct)

Turkish

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içgüdüsel adj (of, or derived from instinct)

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