Synonyms for hunch

verb

arch, draw together, cower, bunch; see bow 1, lean 1.

noun

  1. Hump

    protuberance, bump, swelling; see bulge, hump, hill, lump.

  2. *Intuition

    idea, notion, feeling, premonition, presage, forecast, presentiment, instinct, expectation, anticipation, foreknowledge, preconceived notion, forewisdom, omination, precognition, preapprehension, prescience, forewarning, clue, presagement, foreboding, boding, prenotice, prenotation, augury, auguration, hint, portent, apprehension, misgiving, qualm, suspicion, inkling, glimmer; see also thought 2.

See hunch in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
  1. Intuitive cognition:

    feeling, idea, impression, intuition, suspicion. See thoughts
  2. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

    chunk, clod, clump, gob1, lump1, nugget, wad. (Informal) hunk. See part
verb
  1. To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body:

    crouch, huddle, hunker (down), squat. See high
  2. To incline the body:

    arch, bend, bow1, hump, scrunch, stoop. See posture

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