intuit

verb

in·​tu·​it in-ˈtü-ət 

-ˈtyü-

intuited; intuiting; intuits

transitive verb

: to know, sense, or understand by intuition

intuitable

in-ˈtü-ə-tə-bəl 

-ˈtyü-

adjective

Synonyms

• understand
• know
• decipher
• recognize
• comprehend
• see
• grasp
• appreciate
• discern

Examples of intuit in a Sentence

He was able to intuit the answer immediately.

She intuited a connection between the two crimes.

Recent Examples on the Web

Irving may have intuited, at the dawn of American history, that the nation would need a foil for flintier heroes like Cooper’s Natty Bumppo, self-improvers like the Benjamin Franklin of the Autobiography, and secular saints such as Parson Weems’s George Washington. —John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025

There’s deeper meaning to some of the other imagery in the music video than might first be intuited by viewers. —Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025

Teachers intuited the connection between struggles and progress in families, and within history, and felt that the teaching of a complex history, one that did not sugarcoat the struggles, would build a more resilient classroom, community, and country. —Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025

Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes. —Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above