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Another word for instinct

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Noun

  1. An innate capability

    See also:

    approach

    ability

  2. The power to discern the true nature of a person or situation

    See also:

    thoughts

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Another word for instinct

Noun
  1. See also:

    inclination

    hunch

    ability

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The moment had made him acutely aware of the instinct to replicate.

  • It's just an instinct I have about him.

  • He wasn't sure which instinct was stronger.

  • The instinct that warned him flared again.

  • Her first instinct was to scramble to the back of the bus and climb out.

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