intuitive

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈt(j)uɪtɪv/ UK /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #21667

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1

adj
Easy to understand and use without instruction.

The app has a clean, intuitive interface.
2

adj
Based on feelings or instinct rather than conscious reasoning.

Her intuitive response turned out to be exactly right.

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Synonyms

2 adj · based on feelings or... visceral

Opposites

counterintuitivenonintuitiveunintuitive

Word family

Derived forms contraintuitiveintuitivelyintuitivenessintuitivismintuitivistintuitivity

Related forms intuit intuition

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

intuitif Middle French intuitivus la-med intueri Latin

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# intuitive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ɪnˈt(j)uɪtɪv
**IPA (UK):** ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv
**Frequency rank:** 21667

## Meanings
1. Easy to understand and use without instruction.
2. Based on feelings or instinct rather than conscious reasoning.

## Examples
- The app has a clean, intuitive interface.
- Her intuitive response turned out to be exactly right.

## Antonyms
- counterintuitive
- nonintuitive
- unintuitive

## Derived Forms
- contraintuitive
- intuitively
- intuitiveness
- intuitivism
- intuitivist
- intuitivity

## Related Forms
- intuit
- intuition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intuitif
- Root: intuitivus
- Root: intueri

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

## AI Etymology
Intuitive is borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri. In present-day use, it can mean easy to understand and use without instruction, or based on feelings or instinct rather than conscious reasoning. Derived formations include contraintuitive, intuitively, intuitiveness, intuitivism, and intuitivist.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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