Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun intuition
2 senses of intuition
Sense 1
intuition -- (instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes))
=> basic cognitive process -- (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Sense 2
intuition, hunch, suspicion -- (an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong")
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion -- (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying")