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

There can’t be a lot of revivals of other 1960s shows that anyone could do where, over the course of a few months in the 2020s, there is a real sense of current events beginning to catch up that much or most of the audience is going to intuit. —Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025

In a scene that plays silly even by Reacher’s standards, Reacher intuits that a kid at a bus stop is about to rob a woman with a young child. —Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025

There’s nothing particularly sinister about their dynamic, even though Roger occasionally wanders off in a huff, and Myriam ensures that Anika always has an intermediary, despite the young girl intuiting incredibly meaningful and poetic messages left for human companions. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025

This ability to intuit gaps in others’ knowledge is known as theory of mind. —Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025