Instinctive

What do we mean by instinctive?

Of, relating to, or prompted by instinct. adjective

Arising from impulse or natural inclination; done without thought or conscious effort; spontaneous. adjective

Being such by natural inclination rather than conscious effort or study. adjective

Prompted by or of the nature of instinct.

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. adjective

Related to or prompted by instinct adjective

Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking. adjective

Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct adjective

Related to or prompted by instinct.

Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.

1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse. 3. An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy. 1. Deeply filled or imbued: words instinct with love. 2. Obsolete. Impelled from within. instinct • Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished. • An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions. --Paley. • An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. --Whately. An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. --Sir W. Hamilton. • By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. --Shak. • The natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method. • The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished. --Darwin. • A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct. Urban Dictionary

Inner sense of self-preservation inherent within creatures in the animal kingdom; sense of right and wrong for human beings that seems to come naturally; natural intuition to respond, sometimes suddenly, to sensory input; initial strong feelings experienced as new information is processed. Urban Dictionary

Aside from the well written definition above, it is also the males instinct to quickly cover ones gonads if in danger. Urban Dictionary

One of three Pokemon Go teams, up until now (08/10/2016) it has been the underdog and least popular, after Team Mystic and Team Valor. Team Instinct's color is yellow. Urban Dictionary

An innate sense or intrinsic understanding of a behavioral reaction Urban Dictionary

One's end having a need to be cleansed Urban Dictionary

To have an insatiable urge to hit the fuck out of your siblings. Urban Dictionary

Form that allows you to subconsciously dodge even the miniscule of things. Essentially, you're fully aware of your surroundings, like you have an eye with circumscopic (360) vision, as well as extremely advanced perception. It's timed though, so eventually you'll revert to your regular form and lose all the benefits. Urban Dictionary

When a woman wearing a skirt & no underwear briefly opens her legs so that her crotch is visible. Urban Dictionary

When a black person sees every move you're going to make before you even move. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to instinctive:
instinctive, distinctive, instructive, instinction, instigative, institutive, indistinctive.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word instinctive:
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Words that rhyme with instinctive:
distinctive, distinct of, linked of, precinct of, succinct of.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective instinctive:
feeling, reaction, behavior, sense, desire, tendencies, action, response, knowledge, behaviour, reactions, fear, tendency, impulse, love, actions, impulses, life, dislike, sympathy, movement, responses, aversion, belief, movements, nature, understanding, acts, activity, dread, perception, drives, act, activities, urge, need, feelings, basis, patterns, horror, desires, distrust, repugnance, wisdom, hatred, recognition, drive, forces, gesture, faith, antipathy, effort, preference, appreciation, respect, ability, needs, judgment, taste, conviction, consciousness, grasp, behaviors, affection, expression, attitude, delicacy, emotions, craving, revulsion, shrinking, liking, hostility, pattern, recoil, equipment, resistance, energy, repulsion, principle, reverence, caution, habit, beliefs, passion, powers, awareness, feel, tact, habits.

Words that sound like instinctive:
instinctive, instinct, instincts, distinctive, instinctively, instructive, instinkt, indistinctive, extinctive, indictive, incentive, inattentive, inductive, intentive, inspective, injunctive, instigative, interactive, instructing, unstinting, instinto.