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

Anyone who has paid attention to Andrés over the years — through his frequent appearances on morning news shows and late-night TV, his nearly 40 restaurants and bars, and, of course, through his high-risk humanitarian work through World Central Kitchen — intuits that this is a man of many emotions. — General Manager, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026

Even Carl seems to intuit just how unalluring this posture can be. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

The Knicks understood when to hold back and intuited when to become aggressive. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026

And all of these projects rely on advances in computational biology, using AI to compare genomes of different species and also to intuit and fill in the gaps of ancient DNA. — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026