Instinctive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or prompted by instinct.
  • adj. Arising from impulse; spontaneous and unthinking: an instinctive mistrust of bureaucrats.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. related to or prompted by instinct
  • adj. driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Prompted by or of the nature of instinct.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inherent    spontaneous    automatic    innate    original    voluntary    natural    inborn    intuitive   
    Rhyme
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    innate    intuitive    natural    mutual    profound    irrational    habitual    inward    involuntary    unconscious