intuitions

NOUN

insight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hunch instinct

STRONG

ESP clairvoyance discernment divination feeling foreknowledge inspiration nose penetration perception perceptivity premonition presentiment

WEAK

gut reaction innate knowledge intuitiveness second sight sixth sense

Antonyms

WEAK

knowledge reason reasoning

Example Sentences

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She was arguably the least influenced of the three, yet the moral intuitions of writers seem to be that she most betrayed the craft.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

We trust our intuitions when we should rely on rational calculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

In terms of culture and life, this influences all of our intuitions.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Kahneman’s decades-long partnership with Tversky began in 1969 when the two collaborated on a paper analyzing researcher intuitions about statistical methods in their work.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024

It is in the abrupt, unaccountable aggregation of random notions, intuitions, known in science as good ideas, that the high points are made.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas