Synonyms of intuit

intuit

verb

in-ˈtü-ət 

as in to understand

to have a clear idea of

an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• decipher
• recognize
• comprehend
• see
• grasp
• appreciate
• discern
• perceive
• realize
• get
• sense
• conceive
• apprehend
• assimilate
• decode
• make
• grok
• dig
• register
• make out
• seize
• cognize
• cotton (to or on to)
• tumble (to)
• behold
• catch on (to)
• catch
• compass
• savvy
• twig
• fathom
• absorb
• pick up on
• digest
• penetrate
• take in
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misunderstand
• misread
• misinterpret
• misconstrue
• mistake
• misapprehend
• misperceive
• misconceive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intuit

Majerus had intuited that the internet would lead to a great collision of styles and reference points—everything from Super Mario to Jackson Pollock coexisting in pixels. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025

Happening to pass down the street at the exact moment Lily is emerging from Peel’s store, Steve immediately intuits what has happened. —Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025

So much of it is about trying to intuit the story, not just decoding information. —Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025

But the experiment may also have shown what Sweden intuited from the start. —Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025