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Definition of "intuitive" []

  • Of, relating to, or arising from intuition. (adjective)
  • Known or perceived through intuition. See Synonyms at instinctive. (adjective)
  • Possessing or demonstrating intuition. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "intuitive" in a sentence
  • "Although the phrase intuitive eating is commonplace now, keep in mind that it wasn't at the time."
  • "Christensen argues that hospitals should focus primarily on what he calls intuitive medicine, the process of figuring out what's wrong with a patient."
  • "You have to play with the melody just a bit to adapt it to singing, permitting it to breath and stretch in intuitive ways, and the only way to do this is to experiment with it a bit until it sounds inevitable and correct."