insight
n 1: clear or deep perception of a situation [syn: penetration] 2: a feeling of understanding [syn: perceptiveness, perceptivity] 3: the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation [syn: brainstorm, brainwave] 4: grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [syn: sixth sense]

WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University