| Main Entry: | gut reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immediate response |
Synonyms: |
Pavlovian response, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous reaction, unthinking response |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
Synonyms: |
affect, affection, affectivity, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitability, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, responsiveness, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sensitiveness, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, vibes, warmth, zeal |
Antonyms: |
physicality |
| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gut feeling, idea |
Synonyms: |
aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling, gift, gut reaction, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense, talent, tendency, urge |
Antonyms: |
knowledge, reason |
| Main Entry: | intuition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insight |
Synonyms: |
ESP, clairvoyance, discernment, divination, feeling*, foreknowledge, gut reaction, hunch, innate knowledge, inspiration, instinct, intuitiveness, nose*, penetration, perception, perceptivity, premonition, presentiment, second sight, sixth sense |
Antonyms: |
knowledge, reason, reasoning |
| Main Entry: | sensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling, perception |
Synonyms: |
awareness, consciousness, emotion, gut reaction, impression, passion, response, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, thought, tingle, vibes |
| Main Entry: | sensibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsiveness; ability to feel |
Synonyms: |
affection, appreciation, awareness, discernment, emotion, feeling, gut reaction, heart*, insight, intuition, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, rationale, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, taste, vibes |
Antonyms: |
apathy, indifference, insensibility, lethargy |
| Main Entry: | knee-jerk reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | automatic response |
Synonyms: |
Pavlovian response, absence of thought, automatic reaction, gut reaction, involuntary impulse |
| Main Entry: | spontaneous reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unthought-out response |
Synonyms: |
Pavlovian response, gut reaction, knee-jerk, reflex, unthinking response |
| Main Entry: | intuitiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instinct |
Synonyms: |
aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling, gift, gut reaction, hunch, impulse, inclination, insight, intuition, knack, know-how, nose*, penetration, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense, talent, tendency, urge |
| Main Entry: | sensitiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sensation |
Synonyms: |
awareness, consciousness, emotion, feeling, gut reaction, impression, passion, response, sense, sensibility, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, thought, tingle, vibes |