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Common collocations with instinctive in American Collocation

instinctive adjective

US /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/

almost
completely
largely
purely

It was a purely instinctive thing that made me love him.

feeling or understanding

dislike
fear
feel
feeling
grasp
hatred
sense
sympathy
understanding

He had an instinctive feel for what was important and what was not.

behaviour

ability
behaviour
reaction
response
tendency

The instinctive response to such a dilemma is to try and find a course of action that doesn’t make it worse.