INSTINCTIVE Meaning of INSTINCTIVE in English in ‧ stinc ‧ tive /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/ BrE AmE adjective based on instinct and not involving thought:a mother’s instinctive love —instinctively adverb Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012