mental

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Synonyms: menial, metal, rental, cental, mensal, meatal, omental, mentat, amental, lental, mengal

Antonyms: menial, metal, rental, cental, mensal, meatal, omental, mentat, amental, lental, mengal

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Adjective

1. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
   • mental science
   • mental acuity
2. Occurring or experienced in the mind.
3. Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.
   • mental science
4. Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
   • mental acuity
5. Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.
6. Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.
7. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
   • a mental patient
   • mental hospitals
   • He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
   • He went mental on us.
8. Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.
   • mental hospitals
9. Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.
   • He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
   • He went mental on us.
10. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
    • That was a mental party last night.
11. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
    • mental telepathy

Noun

1. State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.
   • y'all need to fix your mentals
2. A crazy person; a crackpot.
3. A mentally challenged person.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
   • the mental nerve, the mental region
2. Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

Noun

1. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

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