MENTALLY Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

mental

adjective

ˈmen-tᵊl

Definition of mental

as in internal

of or relating to the mind a funny mental image made him laugh out loud

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as in psychotic

sometimes offensive unable to think in a clear or sensible way He's gone a bitmental after his mother died.

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Recent Examples of mental The film follows a young man who struggles to balance his mental problems, medication, and drugs with his musical ambitions. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2026 Watch for signs of heat illness, such as heavy sweating; nausea; headache; dizziness or weakness; cool, pale and clammy skin; altered mental state and loss of consciousness. — Howard Cohen july 29, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Rounding out the group is Alex Enchin, who helps individuals and families find the best practitioners and modalities across the holistic and alternative mental-health fields—including access to the world’s leading psychedelic resources. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 July 2026 At one point, protecting my own mental bandwidth meant creating clean transitions at night. — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mental

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mental

Adjective

The destruction would be limited to Taiwanese assets, helping Beijing maintain its argument that the operation was strictly an internal matter and ensuring that international powers couldn’t claim a greater need to intervene.

— Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
Routine, high-volume tasks such as summarization, classification and internal productivity workflows can often be routed to more cost-efficient models that deliver acceptable quality at scale.

— Japjeev Kohli, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of internal

Adjective

The evaluator concluded the elder Henrichsen likely merited a diagnosis of schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
In a recent eight-week stretch, 6% of my postpartum patients met criteria for a psychotic disorder—almost six times higher than rates published in the medical literature.

— Uruj Kamal Haider, Time, 21 July 2026

Definition of psychotic

Adjective

Sinot used a palette of pure white, vibrant magenta, and dandelion yellow, with the white color concentrated in the inner corners and dotted with teeny pink spots that faded into bright pink at the outer corners.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Aug. 2026
The rubble could then come together, forming Neptune's inner moons, with the clay minerals exposed on their surfaces.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of inner

Adjective

Careless language can transform guidance into judgment, or urgency into panic, undermining psychological safety.

— Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Kyiv residents describe near-daily bombardments and mounting psychological strain as Russian attacks intensify.

— Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychological

Adjective

With an interior volume of 1,100 GT, the yacht features a generous open-plan layout designed to blur the traditional boundaries between the indoor and outdoor environments.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
The developer delivers the powered shell; the tenant funds interior IT fit-out.

— Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of interior

Adjective

Especially after a clunker of a season in 2025, superstar receiver Justin Jefferson won’t settle for anything other than maniacal attention to detail on and off the field.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026
The odd thing about this choice is that, although the DSA’s platform is indeed chock-full of maniacal proposals, on this particular idea, the maniacs have a point.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026