intuitive

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/

Adjective

intuitive

1. Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
   • 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope ↗”, NYTimes.com:

     These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive, often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.

   The intuitive response turned out to be correct.
2. Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

   Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.

3. Having a marked degree of intuition.

Antonyms

• unintuitive
• nonintuitive
• counterintuitive

Related terms

• intuition
• intuit

Translations

• French: intuitif
• German: intuitiv
• Italian: intuitivo
• Portuguese: intuitivo
• Russian: интуити́вный
• Spanish: intuitivo

Noun

intuitive (plural intuitives)

1. One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

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