Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
intuitive - 3 dictionary results

in⋅tu⋅i⋅tive

  [in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo-]
Use intuitive in a Sentence
–adjective
1. perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.
2. perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition: intuitive knowledge.
3. having or possessing intuition: an intuitive person.
4. capable of being perceived or known by intuition.
Origin:
1585–95; < ML intuitīvus. See intuition, -ive

Related forms:
in⋅tu⋅i⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅tu⋅i⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. innate, inborn, natural.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To intuitive
in·tu·i·tive   (ĭn-tōō'ĭ-tĭv, -tyōō'-)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or arising from intuition.
  2. Known or perceived through intuition. See Synonyms at instinctive.
  3. Possessing or demonstrating intuition.
in·tu'i·tive·ly adv., in·tu'i·tive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Intuitive

In*tu"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. intuitif.]

1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.

2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.

Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or intuitive. --Milton.

3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive. --Locke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see intuitive on Thesaurus | Reference