intuitive
If you're intuitive, you can probably guess what this word means just by looking at it. No? Maybe you're not so intuitive, after all. Intuitive means having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or reasoning process.
Psychics are intuitive. So are mothers when they know you're lying. A process can be said to be intuitive as well, if it can be easily learned without any prior training — like an easy-to-learn software program. In human beings, intuitiveness is often thought of as something more mystical, as in the ability psychics have to predict the future.
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spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency“an intuitive revulsion”
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Synonyms:
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self-generated, spontaneous
happening or arising without apparent external cause
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self-generated, spontaneous
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obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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synonyms:
nonrational, visceral
/ɪnˈtuədɪv/
/ɪnˈtuɪtɪv/
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This novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Juan de Pareja, the half-African slave of famed painter Diego Velázquez in 17th century Spain.
Eighth-grader Kevin can't help telling lies but when the lies pile up and get him into big trouble, he has to find a way to make things right — and end his lying streak.
A pet mouse has many adventures.
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