Synonyms of intuiting

intuiting

verb

present participle of intuit

as in knowing

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

• knowing
• understanding
• deciphering
• recognizing
• comprehending
• seeing
• grasping
• appreciating
• perceiving
• sensing
• realizing
• discerning
• getting
• conceiving
• apprehending
• assimilating
• decoding
• beholding
• making
• digging
• cognizing
• grokking
• seizing
• registering
• tumbling (to)
• compassing
• twigging
• catching
• making out
• catching on (to)
• savvying
• digesting
• absorbing
• picking up on
• cottoning (to or on to)
• fathoming
• taking in
• penetrating
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misreading
• misinterpreting
• mistaking
• misunderstanding
• misconstruing
• misperceiving
• misconceiving
• misapprehending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intuiting

Correctly intuiting that the bickering bromance between Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is somewhat played out now after 30 years, Stanton puts Jessie (Joan Cusack) center stage this time. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 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

Like intuiting the next stage of the story, which takes time and is inefficient. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Lecter’s main power was his penetrating thinking and sustained intuiting. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025

Instead, first Anna and Tess and then Harper and Lily land at the table of bargain-basement psychic Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer, working hard for little dividend), who surprises even herself by intuiting that the older Colemans’ lifelines have intersected before. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025