Definition of INTUITION

intuition

Plural: intuitions

Noun

  • instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
  • an impression that something might be the case
    • "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
  • Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
  • A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”).

Synonyms

hunch, suspicion

Scrabble Score: 9

intuition: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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intuition: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

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