Thesaurus results for INTUITION

intuition

noun

as in instinct

an innate sense of what is true or what will happen Although the child looked fine, the parents' intuition told them something was wrong.

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Recent Examples of intuition In 1994, the cryptographers Oded Goldreich and Yair Oren proved a theorem that confirmed this intuition. —

Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026 Staff accountants develop their financial intuition by being in the weeds, manually collecting data, checking for variances and building models from scratch. —

Mitt Mehta, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026 Developers trusted their intuition, wrote code quickly, and assumed things would work out. —

Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 Structured approaches, like comparing goals to historical benchmarks, can make sure that assessments are consistent and grounded in evidence rather than intuition alone. —

Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intuition

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instinct

Noun

Dodging drones also flips the human instinct to seek safety in numbers.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Cancer is, after all, associated with emotional instincts, vulnerability and secrets only the moon knows of, so this transit can often evoke a collective desire for reassurance, affection and familiarity.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026