intuitive

adj

1. Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

   “The intuitive response turned out to be correct.”

   “Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.”

   “These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive, often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.”

2. Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

   “Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.”

3. Having a marked degree of intuition.

   “I'm real intuitive, everyone is, we're just conditioned not to trust it.”

noun

1. One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.