Intuition — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

an impression that something might be the case

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪntuːˈɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪntjuːˈɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪntjuːˈɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪntuːˈɪʃən/.

Examples

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hunch suspicion

Parts of Speech

noun	instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
noun	an impression that something might be the case “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”

Word Forms

intuit	verb	know or grasp by intuition or feeling
suspect	verb	imagine to be the case or true or probable

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

intuición

conocimiento instintivo (sin el uso de procesos racionales)

🇮🇹Italian

intuizione

conoscenza istintiva (senza l'uso di processi razionali)

🇳🇱Dutch

intuïtie

instinctief weten (zonder het gebruik van rationele processen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

intuição

conhecimento instintivo (sem o uso de processos racionais)

🇷🇺Russian

интуиция

инстинктивное знание (без использования рациональных процессов)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अंतर्ज्ञान

सहज ज्ञान (तर्कसंगत प्रक्रियाओं के उपयोग के बिना)

🇧🇩Bengali

অন্তর্দৃষ্টি

সহজাত জ্ঞান (যৌক্তিক প্রক্রিয়া ব্যবহার ছাড়া)

🇮🇳Tamil

உள்ளுணர்வு

உள்ளுணர்வு அறிதல் (பகுத்தறிவு செயல்முறைகளைப் பயன்படுத்தாமல்)

🇮🇳Telugu

అంతర్ దృష్టి

సహజమైన జ్ఞానం (హేతుబద్ధమైన ప్రక్రియలను ఉపయోగించకుండా)

🇮🇳Marathi

अंतर्ज्ञान

सहज ज्ञान (तर्कसंगत प्रक्रियांचा वापर न करता)

🇮🇳Gujarati

અંતર્જ્ઞાન

સહજ જ્ઞાન (તર્કસંગત પ્રક્રિયાઓના ઉપયોગ વિના)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಂತಃಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ

ಸಹಜ ತಿಳಿವಳಿಕೆ (ತರ್ಕಬದ್ಧ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

അവബോധം

സഹജമായ അറിവ് (യുക്തിപരമായ പ്രക്രിയകൾ ഉപയോഗിക്കാതെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਨੁਭਵ

ਸਹਿਜ ਗਿਆਨ (ਤਰਕਸ਼ੀਲ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ)

🇵🇰Urdu

وجدان

فطری جاننا (عقلی عمل کے استعمال کے بغیر)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

直觉

本能的认识（不使用理性过程）

🇯🇵Japanese

直感

（合理的なプロセスを使用せずに）本能的に知ること

🇰🇷Korean

직관

본능적 인지(합리적인 과정을 사용하지 않음)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trực giác

hiểu biết theo bản năng (không sử dụng các quy trình hợp lý)

🇹🇭Thai

ปรีชา

การรู้โดยสัญชาตญาณ (โดยไม่ต้องใช้กระบวนการที่มีเหตุผล)

🇮🇩Indonesian

intuisi

pengetahuan naluriah (tanpa menggunakan proses rasional)

🇵🇭Filipino

intuwisyon

likas na pag-alam (nang walang paggamit ng mga makatwirang proseso)

🇲🇾Malay

gerak hati

mengetahui naluri (tanpa menggunakan proses rasional)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حدس

المعرفة الغريزية (دون استخدام العمليات العقلانية)

🇮🇷Persian

شهود

دانستن غریزی (بدون استفاده از فرآیندهای عقلانی)

🇹🇷Turkish

sezgi

içgüdüsel bilme (rasyonel süreçleri kullanmadan)

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִינטוּאִיצִיָה

ידיעה אינסטינקטיבית (ללא שימוש בתהליכים רציונליים)

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