INTUIT Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of intuit And yet, as a prophet of capitalism, in the regimented ballet of the pin-makers Smith intuited Henry Ford’s assembly line, of how the entire world would become subservient to manufacturing and finance. —

Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 With the programming set to suit desired preferences of flavor intensity, texture and spice levels, the Nosh unit intuits when to add the next ingredients or seasonings. —

New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026 British psychiatrist Humphry Osmond, who took part in a peyote ceremony with a First Nations group the Red Pheasant Band in Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1956, intuited the necessity of community, empathy, and ego renunciation during the psychedelic process. —

Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 And so the podcast’s producers, perhaps intuiting that the dialogue experiment with conservatives is failing, occasionally slot in friendlier agents of power, Hollywood types, with whom Newsom can discuss the finer points of things like tax incentives to film in the state of California. —

Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intuit

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Constant said families should be able to look several years ahead and understand whether their children are likely to have transfer opportunities available.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Van de Peer and his colleagues wanted to understand what accounts for the abundance of modern polyploidy and the seeming relative scarcity of it long ago.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026