intuition

Definitions

The ability to understand or know something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.

A thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning.

Examples

She had a strong intuition that something was wrong, so she decided to leave the party early.

Trusting your intuition can often lead to better decisions than overanalyzing every detail.

His business intuition allowed him to spot the market trend long before his competitors.

Synonyms

instinct hunch gut feeling insight premonition sixth sense inkling

Antonyms

reason logic analysis calculation deduction rationality intellect