Phrase guide

gut feeling

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Don't think too hard about the answers to a personality test; just go with your gut feeling.
  • Houston had a gut feeling he was being followed, so he hurried to his car.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gut instinct

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: intuïció — an instinct or intuition
  • Catalan: pressentiment — an instinct or intuition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直覺 /直觉 (zhíjué) — an instinct or intuition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預感 /预感 (yùgǎn) — an instinct or intuition
  • Danish: mavefornemmelse — an instinct or intuition
  • Dutch: buikgevoel — an instinct or intuition
  • Finnish: näppituntuma — an instinct or intuition
  • Finnish: tunne — an instinct or intuition
  • Finnish: aavistus — an instinct or intuition
  • Finnish: mututuntuma — an instinct or intuition
  • Finnish: perstuntuma — an instinct or intuition
  • French: intuition — an instinct or intuition
  • French: pressentiment — an instinct or intuition
  • French: réaction viscérale — an instinct or intuition
  • German: Bauchgefühl — an instinct or intuition
  • German: Intuition — an instinct or intuition
  • Japanese: 直感 (chokkan) — an instinct or intuition
  • Japanese: 予感 (yokan) — an instinct or intuition
  • Korean: 직감 (jikgam) — an instinct or intuition
  • Korean: 예감 (yegam) — an instinct or intuition
  • Korean: 육감 (yukgam) — an instinct or intuition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: magefølelse — an instinct or intuition
  • Polish: przeczucie — an instinct or intuition
  • Portuguese: pressentimento — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: шесто́е чу́вство (šestóje čúvstvo) — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: вну́треннее чу́вство (vnútrenneje čúvstvo) — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: интуи́ция (intuícija) — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: предчу́вствие (predčúvstvije) — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: чутьё (čutʹjó) — an instinct or intuition
  • Russian: нюх (njux) — an instinct or intuition
  • Serbo-Croatian: šesto čulo — an instinct or intuition
  • Spanish: presentimiento — an instinct or intuition
  • Spanish: corazonada — an instinct or intuition
  • Swedish: magkänsla — an instinct or intuition
  • Turkish: önsezi — an instinct or intuition