Synonyms of intuitions

intuitions

noun

plural of intuition

as in instincts

an innate sense of what is true or what will happen

Although the child looked fine, the parents' intuition told them something was wrong.

Related Words

• instincts
• insights
• feels
• foresights
• anticipations
• suspicions
• perceptions
• discernments
• presciences
• foreknowledges
• sixth senses
• impressions
• premonitions
• presentiments
• forebodings
• prognostications
• presages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intuitions

And Italian identity is still — fortunately — synonymous with hospitality, dialogue and exchange, which are the conditions for cultivating intuitions, visions and innovations. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

The book marshalled substantial scientific evidence, and reinforced the intuitions of parents dismayed by their phone-addled children. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Gradually doors opened, and angels (divine intuitions) guided me to next steps. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

Avila Chevalier represents something different, an academic leftism rigid in its refusal to accept trade-offs or make concessions to ordinary people’s moral intuitions. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

Something emerges unexpectedly, like a magma of visions and intuitions. — Natalie Stoclet, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

His tenure has seen the state fall hard for faddish progressive policies on immigration, education, and crime that either didn’t work, violated the intuitions of most Americans, or both. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026

In the decades that followed, researchers such as Susan Fiske and Dacher Keltner started testing these intuitions in a rigorous and scientific fashion. — Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025

There are instincts or intuitions that arise for me that prove to be quite practical and useful. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025