Intuition

//ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən//

Synonyms for "intuition" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

anschauung anticipation apercu belief clairsentience clairvoyance common sense depth discernment esp

Strong matches (14)

extrasensory perception feeling foreboding forefeeling foresight funny feeling hunch impression insight inspiration instinct intellect intimation

Noun(1 words)

hunch

Related words (24)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

basic cognitive process belief feeling impression notion opinion

Related terms

2 entries

tutor tutorial

defined as

1 entries

first thought get based on all know prioritized by emotions

derived

13 entries

Gettier intuition counterintuition intuit intuition line intuition pump intuitional intuitionism intuitionist intuitionistic intuitionless intuitive line of intuition twintuition

is a

2 entries

basic cognitive process impression

related to

9 entries

cognition conscious faculty insight intuit intuitive perceptive process rational

used for

1 entries

create

Translations

91 translations across 43 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

حَدْس noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
حَدْس noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Armenian

2 entries

ինտուիցիա noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
ներըմբռնում noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Asturian

1 entries

intuición noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Belarusian

1 entries

інтуі́цыя noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Bulgarian

3 entries

интуиция noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
интуиция noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
предчу́вствие noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Catalan

2 entries

intuïció noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuïció noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

直感 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
直覺 /直觉 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Czech

1 entries

intuice noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Danish

2 entries

intuition noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuition noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Dutch

2 entries

intuïtie noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuïtie noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Esperanto

1 entries

intuicio noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Finnish

4 entries

aavistus noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
intuitio noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuitio noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
vaisto noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

French

2 entries

intuition noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuition noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Galician

2 entries

intuición noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuición noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

German

4 entries

Ahnung noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
Anschauung noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
Einfühlungsvermögen noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
Eingebung noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Greek

4 entries

αισθητήριο noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
διαίσθηση noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
διαίσθηση noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
ενόραση noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Hindi

2 entries

सहजबोध noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
सहजबोध noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Hungarian

1 entries

intuíció noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Indonesian

3 entries

gerak hati noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuisi noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuisi noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Italian

2 entries

intuito noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuizione noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Japanese

2 entries

直感 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
直覚 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Kazakh

2 entries

интуиция noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
түйсік noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Khmer

1 entries

អព្ភន្តរញាណ noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Korean

2 entries

직감 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
직관 noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Latvian

1 entries

intuīcija noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Lithuanian

1 entries

intuicija noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Macedonian

2 entries

интуи́ција noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
пре́тчувство noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Malay

2 entries

gerak hati noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuisi noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Māori

3 entries

pūmanawa noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
pūmanawa noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
rongo ā-manawa noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

intuisjon noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuisjon noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

intuisjon noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuisjon noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Persian

1 entries

شهود noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Polish

2 entries

intuicja noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuicja noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Portuguese

2 entries

intuição noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuição noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Romanian

2 entries

intuiție noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuiție noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Russian

3 entries

интуи́ция noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
интуи́ция noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)
предчу́вствие noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

domišljaj noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuicija noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
predosećaj noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Spanish

2 entries

intuición noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuición noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Swedish

2 entries

intuition noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
intuition noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Thai

1 entries

อัชฌัตติกญาณ noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Turkish

3 entries

entüisyon noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
görü noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
sezgi noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Ukrainian

2 entries

інтуї́ція noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)
інтуї́ція noun (perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trực giác noun (immediate cognition without the use of rational processes)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Woman's intuition is clearly a valuable trait.

Source: tatoeba (267299)

By intuition he knew she was lying.

Source: tatoeba (301664)

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Source: tatoeba (2187681)

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.

Source: tatoeba (3071939)

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