![]() 1,016,924,402 visitors served. |
|
![]() Dictionary/ thesaurus | ![]() Medical dictionary | ![]() Legal dictionary | ![]() Financial dictionary | ![]() Acronyms | ![]() Idioms | ![]() Encyclopedia | ![]() Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
instinctive |
Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.03 sec. |
instinctive or instinctual Adjective done or happening without any logical thought: an instinctive understanding of people instinctively
instinctually adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
instinctive adjective natural, inborn, automatic, unconscious, mechanical, native, inherent, spontaneous, reflex, innate, intuitive, subconscious, involuntary, visceral, unthinking, instinctual, unlearned, unpremeditated, intuitional << OPPOSITE acquired Translations |
|
? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | |
|---|---|---|
Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. There are regrets, memories, the instinctive longing for the departed idleness, the instinctive hate of all work. I think that even then I had an instinctive doubt whether formlessness was really better than formality. |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|
|---|