intuitive C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪnˈt(j)uɪtɪv/ UK /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #21667 Meanings 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · based on feelings or... visceral ↔ Opposites counterintuitivenonintuitiveunintuitive Word family Derived forms contraintuitiveintuitivelyintuitivenessintuitivismintuitivistintuitivity Related forms intuitintuition Appears in Phrases (1) See all intuitive feeling an understanding or impression reached without deliberate reasoning Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri. intuitif Middle French intuitivus la-med intueri Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # intuitive **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **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 markdown