Entry Word: mind

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons <scientists still disagree about exactly where the mind is located>

Synonyms cerebrum, head

Related Words brain, gray matter, intellect, intelligence, reason; acumen, alertness, astuteness, brilliance, insight, judgment (or judgement), mentality, perception, perspicacity, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit; awareness, cognizance, consciousness, self-awareness, self-consciousness

2 the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities <everyone used to tease him and tell him he was out of his mind when he swore he'd seen a flying saucer>

Synonyms head, reason, saneness, sanity, wit

Related Words rationality, reasonableness, sense; health, healthfulness, healthiness, wholesomeness; lucidity, lucidness, normality, soundness; wisdom

Near Antonyms delusion, hallucination; delirium, frenzy, hysteria

Antonyms derangement, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania

3 an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge <please speak your mind on the matter> — see opinion 1
4 the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced <call to mind the events of last year> — see memory 1