hunch

[huhnch] / hʌntʃ /

NOUN

feeling, idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inkling instinct intuition premonition

STRONG

anticipation apprehension augury boding clue expectation foreboding forecast foreknowledge forewarning glimmer hint impression misgiving notion portent precognition presage prescience presentiment qualm suspicion thought

WEAK

auguration feeling in one's bones forewisdom funny feeling omination preapprehension preconceived notion prenotation prenotice presagement

Antonyms

STRONGEST

knowledge reason

STRONG

trust

WEAK

proof reality truth

VERB

cower, crouch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

huddle squat stoop

STRONG

arch bend bow curve hump lean tense

WEAK

draw in draw together scrooch down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

straighten

WEAK

stand

Example Sentences

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Judging by the laundry list of musicians who flocked to the Hotel Cafe in those early years, his hunch was spot-on.

From Los Angeles Times

The off-spinner is an untested theory, an idea, or even a hunch.

From BBC

“You have a hunch, you have a gut feeling, you sort of go down a rabbit hole,” she said, “and you hope that it works.”

From Los Angeles Times

Cameron Winter hunched over the keys on a nearly pitch-black stage at the downtown Los Angeles’s Palace Theatre.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saving for a goal that’s decades away, we might trade on this week’s hopes, fears, headlines and hunches.

From The Wall Street Journal