as in intimate
characterized by what feels naturally right or true without coming from thought or learning
He has an intuitive sense of what others are feeling that makes him a great listener. The designer has an intuitive style that stands out from the crowd but is also practical.
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Recent Examples of intuitive
Your 11th House of Groups welcomes the intuitive Moon, offering you multiple chances to reconnect with pals or coordinate plans that serve everyone.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
But the extra minutes go more toward stuffing the plot with unnecessary detours (like a metaphor-laden hunting trip) or extending necessary ones (like a library research trip) to two or three times their intuitive length.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Moving their hands around to grab tools or share needed pieces with another player is intuitive.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Only history gives you an intuitive awareness of how events tend to unfold.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
But the extra minutes go more toward stuffing the plot with unnecessary detours (like a metaphor-laden hunting trip) or extending necessary ones (like a library research trip) to two or three times their intuitive length.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Moving their hands around to grab tools or share needed pieces with another player is intuitive.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Only history gives you an intuitive awareness of how events tend to unfold.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuitive
Adjective
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Calle, who is now 72, is known for peeking into the intimate lives of others.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The chatbot has faced accusations of generating non-consensual intimate imagery after being prompted by users.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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If humans have zero intrinsic value, and corporations derive value only from human spending, then the sum total of economic value is also zero.—
Andrew Behar,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Third, Cramer said investors need to consider whether there are intrinsic reasons for Nvidia’s performance.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Greenberg pointed to an inherent conflict of interest when universities investigate their own employees.—
Julia Haney,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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Texas may have plenty of other inherent economic advantages, including a central location and long international border, but its high concentration of major metropolitan areas is also a major factor behind the state’s long-term success, a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas argues.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For Caldwell, weighing the risks of his work has always felt more like a mental abstraction, an algorithm of constantly shifting variables, than an instinctive act of self-preservation.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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There is a sense of the body moving through the work, leaving behind gestures that feel both deliberate and instinctive.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Skyy Clark is a very instinctual defender.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2026
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That’s when something tightened, a brief, instinctual clam-closing and then loosening again just as fast.—
Dawn Lerman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Intuitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuitive. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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