instinct

instinct is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
4. adjective. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
5. transitive verb. To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
6. noun. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

   "the spawning instinct in salmon"

   "altruistic instincts in social animals"

7. adjective. (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated

   "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"

   "words instinct with love"

   Synonyms: replete

Synonyms

replete

Common word forms

instincts

Words from these letters

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