What is another word for have a hunch?
Pronunciation:
[ hav ɐ hˈʌnt͡ʃ], [ hav ɐ hˈʌntʃ], [ h_a_v ɐ h_ˈʌ_n_tʃ]
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Similar words for have a hunch:
- apprehensive (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- anticipate (verb)
- assume (verb)
- augur (verb)
- conclude (verb)
- deduce (verb)
- determine (verb)
- discover, find out (verb)
- expect; predict (verb)
- express an outcome in advance (verb)
- feel (verb)
- feel in one's bones (verb)
- foresee (verb)
- hypothesize (verb)
- portend (verb)
- posit (verb)
- predict (verb)
- prophesy (verb)
- sense (verb)
- speculate (verb)
- suppose (verb)
- suspect (verb)
- other synonyms
- augur
- experience
- feel
- foresee
- other relevant words
- posit
- predict
- sense
- suppose
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Have a hunch:
adj.
• apprehensive (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• anticipate (verb)- foresee,
- entertain,
- be afraid,
- cross the bridge,
- conjecture,
- jump the gun,
- see coming,
- figure,
- look for,
- wait,
- visualize,
- foretaste,
- await,
- prophesy,
- count on,
- bargain for,
- suppose,
- divine,
- count chickens,
- wait for,
- prepare for,
- look forward to,
- assume,
- prevision,
- see,
- foretell,
- promise oneself,
- forecast,
- hope for,
- prognosticate,
- plan on,
- see in the cards.
- guess,
- postulate,
- fall for,
- consider,
- conclude,
- ascertain,
- think,
- be inclined to think,
- deem,
- have sneaking suspicion,
- presume,
- deduce,
- infer,
- presuppose,
- fancy,
- surmise,
- gather,
- suspect,
- estimate,
- theorize,
- count upon,
- posit,
- predicate,
- expect,
- imagine,
- judge,
- speculate,
- find,
- get the idea,
- understand,
- hypothesize.
- harbinger,
- psych out,
- bode,
- foreshadow,
- adumbrate,
- bespeak,
- call it,
- presage,
- read,
- signify,
- portend,
- call the shots,
- Soothsay,
- figure out,
- herald,
- promise,
- crystal-ball.
- reason,
- derive,
- add up to,
- adjudge,
- intuit,
- boil down to,
- make out,
- ratiocinate,
- sum up,
- make,
- the way one sees it,
- collect,
- analyze,
- draw,
- reckon.
- detect,
- verify,
- work out,
- tumble,
- hear,
- size up,
- establish,
- tell,
- demonstrate,
- certify,
- learn,
- check,
- catch on,
- unearth.
- know,
- take to heart,
- comprehend,
- resemble,
- welcome,
- hold,
- be excited,
- credit,
- endure,
- sense,
- perceive,
- appreciate,
- suggest,
- go through,
- meet,
- esteem,
- be of the opinion,
- be convinced,
- get,
- repute,
- exhibit,
- note,
- be sensitive,
- be affected,
- savor,
- be impressed,
- enjoy,
- have the impression,
- have,
- notice,
- be sensible of,
- suffer,
- appear,
- be aware of,
- remark,
- undergo,
- be turned on to,
- have vibes,
- acknowledge,
- get in touch,
- receive,
- seem,
- encounter,
- discern,
- taste,
- observe.
- Forefeel,
- forebode,
- apprehend,
- espy,
- previse,
- crystal ball it,
- foreknow,
- call the turn,
- see it coming,
- envisage,
- dope out,
- preknow.
- hint,
- Premonish,
- augur,
- threaten,
- warn of,
- Forewarn,
- point to,
- call,
- betoken,
- foretoken,
- be in the cards.
- telegraph,
- croak,
- envision,
- crystal-ball divine,
- hazard a guess,
- see handwriting on wall,
- make book,
- Forespeak.
- grasp,
- catch the drift,
- get the impression,
- pick up,
- believe,
- savvy,
- be with it,
- dig,
- catch,
- take in,
- realize,
- feel in gut,
- get the drift,
- have a feeling,
- get the picture,
- apperceive.
Other synonyms:
• augur- foreshadowed,
- Harbingered,
- Harbingering,
- figured out,
- psyched out,
- soothsays,
- figuring out,
- call shots.
- feel.
How to use "Have a hunch" in context?
Have a hunch. It's a feeling you get, a suspicion that motivates you to investigate something further. It wasn't always easy to trust our hunches, but over time they've proved to be one of our most valuable instincts. Here are six reasons why you should trust your hunch:
1. They can be helpful in making decisions.
When you have a hunch, follow it. It might be a gut feeling that something is important, but often your intuition is right.
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