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

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intuitions

"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Unfortunately, marketing, preexisting beliefs, and "intuitions" – as reasonable as they may seem – have potential to lead us astray.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

We asked Ernie a question that A.I. researchers have used to gauge a chatbot’s human-level intuitions:

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

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