ALL meanings of instinct
in·stinct
I i - noun instinct An innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli. 1
- noun instinct innate impulse 1
- noun instinct natural aptitude 1
- noun instinct an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species. 1
- noun instinct a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency. 1
- noun instinct a natural aptitude or gift: an instinct for making money. 1
- noun instinct natural intuitive power. 1
- adjective instinct filled or infused with some animating principle (usually followed by with): instinct with life. 1
- adjective instinct Obsolete. animated by some inner force. 1
- variable noun instinct Instinct is the natural tendency that a person or animal has to behave or react in a particular way. 0
- countable noun instinct If you have an instinct for something, you are naturally good at it or able to do it. 0
- variable noun instinct If it is your instinct to do something, you feel that it is right to do it. 0
- variable noun instinct Instinct is a feeling that you have that something is the case, rather than an opinion or idea based on facts. 0
- noun instinct the innate capacity of an animal to respond to a given stimulus in a relatively fixed way 0
- noun instinct inborn intuitive power 0
- noun instinct a natural and apparently innate aptitude 0
- adjective instinct animated or impelled (by) 0
- adjective instinct imbued or infused (with) 0
- noun instinct (an) inborn tendency to behave in a way characteristic of a species; natural, unlearned, predictable response to stimuli 0
- noun instinct a natural or acquired tendency, aptitude, or talent; bent; knack; gift 0
- noun instinct a primal psychic force or drive, as fear, love, or anger; specif., in Freudian analysis, either the life instinct (Eros) or the death instinct (Thanatos) 0
- adjective instinct filled or charged (with) 0
- noun instinct A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour. 0
- noun instinct An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought. 0
- adjective instinct (archaic) Imbued, charged (with something). 0