insight

Meaning

1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
2. Power of acute observation and deduction
3. Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
4. Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
5. An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
6. An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

Synonyms

discernment

perception

intuition

understanding

perspicacity

penetration

comprehension

knowledge

sagacity

brainwave

wisdom

foresight

instinct

acumen

brainstorm

clue

comprehend

enlightenment

farsightedness

flair

flash

idea

💡

opinion

perceptiveness

perceptivity

perspective

presentiment

realisation

sixth sense

telepathy

understand

views

vision

catch a glimpse of

mind reading

awareness

conception

discrimination

viewpoint

inspired

conceptualisation

interpretation

introspection

common sense

know

knowing

meditation

notion

religion

outlook

cognition

intuitive vision

apprehension

intelligence

belief

point of view

power of observation

premonition

apprehend

pride

profoundness

prospect

prudence

intellectual acumen

realization

revelation

attitude

sapience

self-respect

unobstructed view

subtlety

conjecture

consciousness

contemplation

depth

detection

conceptualization

surmise

estimation

extrasensory perception

observation point

feeling

acuteness

astuteness

forecast

conceptuality

gaze

grasp

grip

guess

hold

hunch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: insight

Inherited from Old English: insiht

Cognate with Western Frisian: ynsjoch

Cognate with Dutch: inzicht

Cognate with German: Einsicht

Cognate with Danish: indsigt

Cognate with Swedish: insikt

Cognate with Icelandic: innsýn

In summary

From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).