Definitions for instinct

instinct in·stinct

Spelling: [in-stingkt]
IPA: /ˈɪn stɪŋkt/

Instinct is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in instinct (ciinnstt).

Definitions for instinct

noun

  1. an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
  2. a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency.
  3. a natural aptitude or gift:
  4. natural intuitive power.

adjective

  1. filled or infused with some animating principle (usually followed by with):
  2. Obsolete. animated by some inner force.

Origin of instinct

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin instinctus prompting, instigation, enthusiasm, equivalent to *insting(uere) (in- in-2 + *sting(u)ere presumably, to pric

Examples for instinct

Yet she wondered if the instinct were not dormant, needing but the suggestion.

At times he was wobbly about whether he really had enough sources to support what his instinct told him was the truth.

With so few resources, they get by on little more than instinct and family love.

His instinct of sympathy with which he had greeted her at the outset was repelled, and made of no avail.

In a flash he deflects the shot, with the speed of instinct, right past the goalkeeper.

Certainly my instinct is to identify with the police, no matter the circumstance.

What instinct made you choose that shade of pale green for your frock?

She said it, as if guided by an instinct, to sound the depth of his love for her.

Was it an instinct, she wondered—a reminder that there was in them material for manhood?

The human desire for knowledge and exploration is an absolute good, and we need to follow that instinct.

Word Value for instinct
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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