What is another word for instinctive?
184 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv], [ ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv], [ ɪ_n_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_t_ɪ_v]Table of Contents
Similar words for instinctive:- all (adjective)
- automatic (adjective)
- brute (adjective)
- gut (adjective)
- reflex, automatic (adjective)
- spontaneous (adjective)
- subjective (adjective)
- unconscious (adjective)
- uninhibited (adjective)
- unlearned (adjective)
- unstudied (adjective)
- untaught (adjective)
- unthinking (adjective)
- automatic (noun)
- self-generated (noun)
- other synonyms
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) •automatic (adjective) •brute (adjective) •gut (adjective) •reflex, automatic (adjective)- normal,
- ingrained,
- knee-jerk,
- regular,
- Intuitional,
- rooted,
- unprompted,
- by seat of one's pants,
- typical,
- second-nature,
- accustomed,
- intrinsic.
- more unpremediated,
- un-artful,
- un-bidden,
- more unbidden,
- un artful,
- more unartful,
- most unbidden,
- un-planned,
- un bidden,
- most unartful,
- in-evitable,
- in evitable,
- un compelled,
- un avoidable,
- un-avoidable,
- un-compelled,
- from hip,
- un planned,
- un constrained,
- most unpremediated,
- off top head.
- more undeliberate,
- un conscious,
- un realized,
- most subliminal,
- most undeliberate,
- most repressed,
- un-heeding,
- un-mindful,
- un-realized,
- un-aware,
- most unrealized,
- un aware,
- more suppressed,
- sub liminal,
- un heeding,
- sub-conscious,
- unheeding,
- un-conscious,
- more unrealized,
- most suppressed,
- sub conscious,
- un deliberate,
- more subliminal,
- more repressed,
- sub-liminal,
- re-pressed,
- in-advertent,
- un-deliberate,
- re pressed,
- in-attentive,
- in advertent.
- un educated,
- un-civilized,
- un-educated,
- un-tutored,
- un civilized,
- most untutored,
- un versed,
- more untutored,
- un-learned,
- un learned,
- un-scholarly,
- un scholarly,
- un-versed,
- un tutored.
- un-reasoning,
- in sensitive,
- more blundering,
- napping,
- un-diplomatic,
- most unreasoning,
- in delicate,
- most blundering,
- un wisest,
- un tactful,
- un wise,
- un-wisest,
- un caring,
- in-delicate,
- un-wiser,
- more unreasoning,
- un diplomatic,
- un-thinking,
- more napping,
- most brutish,
- un thinking,
- un-caring,
- in-sensitive,
- un wiser,
- un-meant,
- most napping,
- un meant,
- more brutish,
- un-tactful,
- un reasoning.
n.
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- by accident.
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- visceral.
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- planned.
Other synonyms:
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- extemporaneous,
- unorganized,
- unscheduled,
- inadvertently,
- incidentally,
- impromptu,
- ad lib,
- off the cuff,
- seat-of-the-pants,
- unwitting,
- motiveless,
- unintentional,
- coincidental,
- spontaneity,
- unprepared,
- spur-of-the-moment,
- accidental,
- unwittingly,
- extempore,
- incidental,
- sine die,
- unplanned,
- chance,
- automatically,
- unintended,
- random,
- aimless,
- Willy nilly,
- offhand,
- arbitrary,
- ad hoc.
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- cold.
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Antonyms for Instinctive:
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adj.
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reflex, automatic
deliberate, sensible, conscious, Meditated, learned, extrinsic, acquired, reasonable.
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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.
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reflex, automatic
Instinctive Sentence Examples:
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But always slow to imagine a mystery when a reason could be assigned, Laramie, lying prone, was brought back every time to his first instinctive inference.
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The impulse which had first drawn them together again, in spite of reason, in spite of themselves almost, that deep - seated instinctive need that each had of the other, would never again wholly let them go.
