intuition

Other forms of intuition

plural

intuitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intuition

What does intuition mean?

intuition means "instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intuition?

intuition has 4 syllables: in-tu-it-ion. The stress falls on "it". In IPA it is /ˌɪntuˈɪʃən/.

What is another word for intuition?

Close synonyms include hunch, suspicion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intuition a common word?

intuition is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with intuition?

4 words rhyme with intuition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.