Definition for Instinct:

• Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

Synonyms for Instinct:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • replete.

• n.

  •
  • skill.
  •
  • genius,
  • knack,
  • bent,
  • talent,
  • turn,
  • ability.
  •gut feeling, idea (noun)
  • proclivity,
  • sense,
  • gut reaction,
  • nose,
  • predisposition,
  • savvy,
  • sentiment,
  • know-how,
  • urge,
  • tendency,
  • funny feeling.
  •habit (noun)
  • mannerism,
  • disposition,
  • leaning,
  • treadmill,
  • rut,
  • temperament,
  • conventionality,
  • custom,
  • tradition,
  • acclimation,
  • routine,
  • habit,
  • Familiarity,
  • trait,
  • addiction,
  • way of life,
  • daily grind,
  • fixed ways,
  • wont,
  • second nature,
  • regularity.
  •impulse (noun)
  • impulsion.
  •intelligence (noun)
  • mind.
  •intuition (noun)
  • craftiness,
  • wiliness,
  • shrewdness,
  • insight,
  • trickiness,
  • slyness,
  • cunning,
  • artfulness,
  • Canniness,
  • cleverness,
  • foresight,
  • astuteness,
  • sophistry.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • intuitiveness.
  •
  • flair,
  • sixth sense,
  • exhibition,
  • posture,
  • disposed.
  •
  • style,
  • obvious,
  • inclination,
  • exterior.
  •
  • way.
  •
  • head.
  •Other relevant words:
  • heat,
  • nimble,
  • theory,
  • superstition,
  • long suit,
  • goods,
  • qualification,
  • echolalia,
  • hint,
  • belief,
  • bright,
  • affinity,
  • opinion,
  • observation,
  • readiness,
  • dower,
  • Involuntariness,
  • perceptiveness,
  • animated,
  • jovial,
  • capacity,
  • energetic,
  • involuntary impulse,
  • speciality,
  • full,
  • diathesis,
  • conditioned response,
  • inspired,
  • incitement,
  • fast,
  • soft spot,
  • premonition,
  • fresh,
  • natural tendency,
  • fraught,
  • conception,
  • powers,
  • astrology,
  • compulsiveness,
  • propensity,
  • idea,
  • flash,
  • notion,
  • intelligent,
  • gay,
  • horns,
  • by,
  • empathy,
  • proneness,
  • perspicacity,
  • collective unconscious,
  • twist,
  • common sense,
  • susceptibility,
  • conditioning,
  • Instincts,
  • reflex action,
  • mother wit,
  • force,
  • foreboding,
  • weakness,
  • wisdom,
  • calibre,
  • senses,
  • soul,
  • spontaneity,
  • makings,
  • inherent aptitude,
  • brain wave,
  • liking,
  • loaded,
  • lust,
  • archetype,
  • Conduciveness,
  • jolly,
  • metier,
  • sensation,
  • calibrate,
  • brain,
  • willingness,
  • spur,
  • concupiscence,
  • prejudice,
  • rich,
  • tropism,
  • awareness,
  • infatuated,
  • alive,
  • impression,
  • quick,
  • perception,
  • delight,
  • spellbound,
  • bias,
  • judgment,
  • association,
  • hasty,
  • capability,
  • active,
  • power,
  • view,
  • presentiment,
  • speedy,
  • parts,
  • probability,
  • libido,
  • predetermination,
  • pulse,
  • lively,
  • automatic writing,
  • persuadable,
  • clever,
  • cast,
  • caliber,
  • agile,
  • arousal,
  • boner,
  • potential,
  • Possessing,
  • induced,
  • sensitivity,
  • bump,
  • erection,
  • natural endowment,
  • docile,
  • alert,
  • drive,
  • feeling for,
  • Conatus,
  • sprightly,
  • association of ideas,
  • eagerness,
  • possessed of,
  • understanding,
  • suspicion,
  • realization,
  • smitten with,
  • innate behaviour,
  • Brains,
  • automatism,
  • brainstorm,
  • flush,
  • inkling,
  • living,
  • wit,
  • hard-on,
  • intellection,
  • feel,
  • ID,
  • imbued,
  • Talents,
  • strong point,
  • tumescence,
  • inspiration,
  • oestrus,
  • intellectual powers,
  • warp,
  • endowment,
  • pregnant,
  • keen,
  • fancy,
  • estrus,
  • peer pressure,
  • charged with,
  • reflex,
  • impetus,
  • rationality,
  • filled,
  • dowry,
  • busy,
  • intellect,
  • consciousness,
  • equipment,
  • predilection,
  • automatic response,
  • rule of thumb,
  • liability,
  • Faculties,
  • wits,
  • penetration,
  • worth,
  • HOTS,
  • penchant,
  • echopraxia,
  • subconscious.

Paraphrases for Instinct:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    insight, feeling, impulse.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    runs.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intuition, gut, reflex, hunch, reaction.

Antonyms for Instinct:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    matter, empty, brawn, body.

• n.

  • gut feeling, idea
    incapacity, knowledge, inability, lack, reason, disinclination.