COGNITIONAL Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

cognitional

adjective

Definition of cognitional

as in cognitive

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Stronger social connections are linked to living longer, feeling happier and lowering the risk of cognitive decline later in life.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Bone loading boosted its circulating levels, while injections of the protein reduced several signs of aging and improved cognitive and physical performance in older mice.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of cognitive

Adjective

If the map of New York City would be the map of a cell… all mental diseases are all around Times Square.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026
Those who are attacked are forever changed — many go on to suffer mental and emotional hardships.

— John Chiarello, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of mental

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Alexandria was a cultural and intellectual hub for a millennium until a torrent of earthquakes and tsunamis pulled its coast underwater.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
But the more serious parts of this big business-government-intellectual coalition got to work finding other emergencies to justify not only continuing that kind of wartime federal control, but accelerating it.

— Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

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