intuitive

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌɪˈntjuˈːɪtɪv/ 🇺🇸 /ˌɪˈntuːətɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Known or perceived immediately without the need for conscious reasoning; based on instinct or gut feeling.; Easy to understand or use without explicit instruction; naturally accessible.; Having or possessing intuition; able to understand things instinctively.; Relating to or obtained through intuition rather than empirical observation or logical analysis.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more intuitive Superlative: most intuitive

Collocations

intuitive understandingintuitive senseintuitive knowledgehighly intuitiveintuitive interfaceintuitive designintuitive feeling

Derivatives

intuitivelyintuitivenessintuitionintuitintuitional

Synonyms

instinctiveinnatenaturalspontaneousunconsciousgut

Antonyms

analyticaldeliberatecalculatedlearned

Commonly confused

instinctive
EN: 'Intuitive' refers to understanding or knowing without conscious reasoning; 'instinctive' refers to innate, automatic behavioral responses shared across a species.
intentional
EN: 'Intuitive' means understood without deliberate thought; 'intentional' means done on purpose with conscious intent.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the 'ui' sequence in the middle (from 'intuition') and the '-tive' ending. Do not confuse with 'intuitional' (a rarer variant).

💬 Examples

  1. She had an intuitive sense that something was wrong.

  2. The new software has a very intuitive interface.

  3. He is an intuitive person who can read others' emotions easily.

  4. The mathematician arrived at the proof through intuitive reasoning before formalizing it.