Antonyms for mental


Grammar : Adj
Spell : men-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛn tl


Definition of mental

Origin :
  • early 15c., "pertaining to the mind," from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentalis "of the mind," from Latin mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (cf. Sanskrit matih "thought, mind," Gothic gamunds, Old English gemynd "memory, remembrance;" see mind (n.)). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927, probably from combinations such as mental hospital.
  • adj concerning the mind
  • adj insane
Example sentences :
  • For him these years were a period of mental growth, of transition, of development.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • And the minute you get mental discords no stand against fear is possible.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • What a strange, weird mystery there is about mental associations!
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • They absorbed her atmosphere and after each followed a period of mental asphyxy.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • To these questions a mental echo answered with a melancholy negative.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • She was speaking again with that mental clarity which was distinctive in her.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • For once, the mental anaesthesia of endless figures had failed him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I wish I could take her out of the city for a change of mental atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • "One hundred and three," mused the Trainer, making a mental calculation.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Marian was prepared to be the mental, the spiritual, and the physical mate of a man.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for mental

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