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Definitions for Intuition

[1] direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
[2] a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
[3] a keen and quick insight.
[4] the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
[5] Philosophy . an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object. any object or truth so discerned. pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
[6] Linguistics . the ability of the native speaker to make linguistic judgments, as of the grammaticality, ambiguity, equivalence, or nonequivalence of sentences, deriving from the speaker's native-language competence.
[7] knowledge or belief obtained neither by reason nor by perception
[8] instinctive knowledge or belief
[9] a hunch or unjustified belief
[10] philosophy immediate knowledge of a proposition or object such as Kant's account of our knowledge of sensible objects
[11] the supposed faculty or process by which we obtain any of these

Words related to Intuition

instinct, hunch, perception, clairvoyance, discernment, foreknowledge, penetration, nose, premonition, feeling, divination, presentiment, inspiration, ESP, perceptivity, intuitiveness

Words nearby Intuition

intrusive r, intrust, intubate, intuc, intuit, intuition, intuitional, intuitionalism, intuitionism, intuitive, intuitive stage

Origin of Intuition

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin intuitiōn- (stem of intuitiō ) contemplation, equivalent to Latin intuit(us ), past participle of intuērī to gaze at, contemplate + -iōn- -ion. See in-2, tuition

Other words from Intuition

in·tu·i·tion·less , adjective

Word origin for Intuition

C15: from Late Latin intuitiō a contemplation, from Latin intuērī to gaze upon, from tuērī to look at

Synonyms for Intuition

hunch, instinct, ESP, clairvoyance, discernment, divination, feeling, foreknowledge, inspiration, nose, penetration, perception, perceptivity, premonition, presentiment, gut reaction, innate knowledge, intuitiveness, second sight, sixth sense