Synonyms & related words for counterintuitive

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Words related to counterintuitive

Explore words related to counterintuitive — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include counterintuitively, illogical, paradoxical, intuitive, intuitively, intuitivism, commonsensical, implausible. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does counterintuitive come from?

The word counterintuitive breaks down into 4 roots of Latin (via French contre) and Latin origin: counter-, from Latin (via French contre) contra (“against, opposite to”); in-, from Latin in (“upon, at”); tuit, from Latin tueri (“to look at, watch, consider”); and -ive, from Latin -ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.