Definition for Instinctive:

• unthinking; prompted by ( or as if by) instinct; " a cat's natural aversion to water"; " offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

Synonyms for Instinctive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • natural.
  •automatic (adjective)
  • habitual,
  • unwilled,
  • Unmeditated.
  •ignorant (adjective)
  • unlearned.
  •impulsive (adjective)
  • unprompted.
  •intuitive (adjective)
  • crafty,
  • tricky,
  • astute,
  • sly,
  • instinctual,
  • clever,
  • cunning,
  • artful,
  • sophisticated,
  • intuitive,
  • shrewd,
  • far-sighted,
  • gut,
  • insightful,
  • canny,
  • wily.
  •reflex, automatic (adjective)
  • intrinsic,
  • regular,
  • spontaneous,
  • ingrained,
  • native,
  • accustomed,
  • involuntary,
  • congenital,
  • innate,
  • intuitive,
  • normal,
  • by seat of one's pants,
  • habitual,
  • impulsive,
  • rooted,
  • unpremeditated,
  • inborn,
  • unthinking,
  • Unmeditated,
  • Intuitional,
  • mechanical,
  • visceral,
  • typical,
  • inherent,
  • natural,
  • unprompted,
  • unlearned,
  • instinctual.
  •untaught (adjective)
  • untaught.

• n.

  •
  • coincidental,
  • unintended,
  • random,
  • arbitrary,
  • impromptu,
  • accidental.
  •
  • visceral.
  •
  • planned,
  • reflex,
  • unpremeditated.
  •automatic (noun)
  • habitual,
  • reflex,
  • mechanical,
  • inherent,
  • unlearned.
  •instinctive (noun)
  • natural,
  • self-generated,
  • spontaneous.
  •natural (noun)
  • accustomed,
  • normal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • extempore,
  • incidentally,
  • impromptu,
  • inadvertently,
  • aimless,
  • arbitrary,
  • unprepared,
  • unintentional,
  • offhand,
  • automatically,
  • accidental,
  • reflexive,
  • unscheduled,
  • unwitting,
  • unorganized,
  • unconscious,
  • unplanned,
  • coincidental,
  • spur-of-the-moment,
  • unintended,
  • extemporaneous,
  • off the cuff,
  • random,
  • Willy nilly.
  •
  • loose,
  • unpremeditated,
  • accidentally,
  • reflex.
  •
  • visceral.
  •ingenuous
  • naive.
  •natural
  • natural,
  • unstudied,
  • untaught.
  •Other relevant words:
  • beastly,
  • dull,
  • gut,
  • unscheduled,
  • syngenic,
  • impetuous,
  • instantaneous,
  • unwilled,
  • Intuitional,
  • unwilling,
  • animalistic,
  • uncalculated,
  • zoological,
  • deep-rooted,
  • primal,
  • animal,
  • accustomed,
  • bodily,
  • abrupt,
  • offhand,
  • visceral,
  • self-generated,
  • generally,
  • congenital,
  • willing,
  • usually,
  • customarily,
  • foolhardy,
  • evenly,
  • conditioned response,
  • native to,
  • automatically,
  • natural,
  • inspirational,
  • hereditary,
  • basic,
  • Hazarded,
  • heartfelt,
  • animalian,
  • connatural,
  • unguided,
  • native,
  • in the blood,
  • indigenous,
  • unforced,
  • unconnected,
  • planned,
  • unaware,
  • highly,
  • machine-like,
  • incidentally,
  • inadvertently,
  • gratuitous,
  • involuntary,
  • reflex,
  • thoroughbred,
  • genetic,
  • brutish,
  • inwrought,
  • routine,
  • always,
  • irrational,
  • frequently,
  • uncontrolled,
  • instant,
  • loose,
  • impulsive,
  • regular,
  • unrehearsed,
  • headlong,
  • involuntarily,
  • impromptu,
  • madcap,
  • intrinsic,
  • implanted,
  • rude,
  • forced,
  • perfunctory,
  • immanent,
  • Congenite,
  • instinctively,
  • compulsive,
  • extemporaneous,
  • mechanical,
  • uniformly,
  • unlearned,
  • robotic,
  • untaught,
  • unstudied,
  • quick,
  • random,
  • ingrained,
  • unintentional,
  • instinct,
  • off the cuff,
  • snap,
  • artless,
  • habitual,
  • Beastlike,
  • reflexive,
  • temperamental,
  • Zooidal,
  • undesigned,
  • triggered,
  • unguarded,
  • naive,
  • really,
  • unheedful,
  • truly,
  • rash,
  • greatly,
  • spur-of-the-moment,
  • improvise,
  • emotional,
  • intrinsical,
  • very much,
  • automatic,
  • unmannered,
  • normal,
  • organic,
  • ad-lib,
  • lifelike,
  • nonrational,
  • subhuman,
  • unreasoning,
  • unconsidered,
  • Ingenerate,
  • habitually,
  • rooted,
  • aimless,
  • individual,
  • accidentally,
  • deaf,
  • routinely,
  • unintelligent,
  • coeval,
  • incarnate,
  • inward,
  • naturally,
  • steadily,
  • unheeding,
  • unfeeling,
  • Willy nilly,
  • methodically,
  • unprompted,
  • atavistic,
  • very,
  • uninhibited,
  • unconscious,
  • unorganized,
  • normally,
  • thoughtless,
  • personal,
  • connate,
  • brutal,
  • unconditioned,
  • arbitrary,
  • fundamental,
  • heedless,
  • insensitive,
  • insensate,
  • voluntary,
  • radical,
  • swift,
  • unhesitating,
  • unpremeditated,
  • accidental,
  • deep-seated,
  • precipitate,
  • unprepared,
  • by seat of one's pants,
  • material,
  • Indeliberate,
  • mindless,
  • unbidden,
  • Improvisatory,
  • vague,
  • unintended,
  • bestial,
  • unthinking,
  • virtual,
  • born,
  • unplanned,
  • extempore,
  • conditioned,
  • reckless,
  • dumb,
  • subconscious,
  • libidinal,
  • physical,
  • unmindful,
  • intestinal,
  • wild,
  • constitutional,
  • mechanic,
  • essential,
  • inbred,
  • unwitting,
  • typical,
  • zoic,
  • inherent,
  • often,
  • genetous,
  • Unmeditated,
  • most,
  • raw,
  • Improvisate,
  • subjective,
  • brute,
  • Ingenite,
  • oblivious,
  • freewill,
  • regularly,
  • devil-may-care,
  • blind,
  • free,
  • improvised,
  • senseless,
  • robot-like,
  • subliminal,
  • inborn,
  • unpredictable,
  • second nature,
  • sudden,
  • in the grain,
  • immediate,
  • inherited,
  • uncontrollable,
  • innate,
  • coincidental,
  • spontaneous,
  • internal.

Antonyms for Instinctive:

• adj.

  • reflex, automatic
    deliberate, sensible, conscious, Meditated, learned, extrinsic, acquired, reasonable.
  • Other antonyms:
    careful, studied, advised, nonmechanical, predetermined, forethoughtful, refined, foresighted, thoughtful, volitional, reasoned, aforethought, projected, prepared, meticulous, measured, willful, induced, intentional, designed, Rehearsed, cultivated, intended.