Meaning & use
intuitive
Based on instinctive feeling or immediate understanding rather than conscious reasoning.
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Her intuitive grasp of people's emotions made her an excellent counselor.
The new software has an intuitive design, so most users need no instructions.
A note on using this word
In design and technology, intuitive often means easy to use without training, a slightly different nuance from the everyday sense of instinctive.
Words with a similar meaning
instinctivenatural
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Words with an opposite meaning
counterintuitiveillogical
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