INTUITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intuition mean? 

• INTUITION (noun)
  The noun INTUITION has 2 senses:

1. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

2. an impression that something might be the case

  Familiarity information: INTUITION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTUITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("intuition" is a kind of...):

basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intuition"):

feeling; intuitive feeling (an intuitive understanding of something)

gnosis (intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics)

insight; sixth sense (grasping the inner nature of things intuitively)

immediacy; immediate apprehension (immediate intuitive awareness)

inspiration (a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem)

Derivation:

intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An impression that something might be the case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

hunch; intuition; suspicion

Context example:

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

Hypernyms ("intuition" is a kind of...):

belief; feeling; impression; notion; opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intuition"):

bosom; heart (the locus of feelings and intuitions)

Derivation:

intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)

 Context examples 

Your sharp intuition is given to you to protect you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning.

(Phenomenon, NCI Thesaurus)

“You will rise high in your profession. You have instinct and intuition,” said he.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When great facts are laid before you, you have not the intuition, the imagination which would help you to understand them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mrs. Morse did not require a mother's intuition to read the advertisement in Ruth's face when she returned home.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then it was terrible; my intuition was right!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Trust your intuition - if you are worried about your baby, call your health care provider right away.

(Common Infant and Newborn Problems, NIH)

Examples include, unconventional screening and diagnostic practices, such as electro-dermal diagnostics, medical intuition, chiriography, functional cellular enzyme measures, and preventive practices such as panchakarma.

(Clinical Preventive Practices, NCI Thesaurus)

Stamets turned intuition into reality.

(Mushroom Extract Could Help Save Bees from Virus, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Oh, Mr. Sherlock Holmes! she cried, glancing from one to the other of us, and finally, with a woman’s quick intuition, fastening upon my companion, I am so glad that you have come.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)