Flash and Insight

Flash

Flash noun - A sudden brilliant understanding.

Usage example: he had a flash of intuition

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Insight and flash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insight" instead a noun "Flash".

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

Insight noun - The ability to understand inner qualities or relationships.

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Flash and insight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flash" instead a noun "Insight".

Nearby Words: insightful, insider

better	better flash	better insight
original	original flash	original insight
real	real flash	real insight
little	little flash	little insight
Other adjectives: personal, new, possible, strange, occasional, sudden, magical.

He gets three names out of her, but has a problem with the fourth until he has a flash of insight that it's the name she chose: "Clark".

Source: The Password is Always "Swordfish"
Banner shows a flash of insight by assuming the old man is the Panchen Lama, calling it "one of those Yoda things"... but nope.

Source: Actually, I Am Him
Ridcully, in a flash of insight, convinces HEX that it's been given a very large dose of dried frog pills (the Bursar's normal treatment), which puts it back in working order.

Source: Infectious Insanity

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