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 Writing about families of people with mental disorders is not new to Ingelsby. — Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026 While Trey dominates in the trenches for the Chiefs, Ashley works for the NFL as a manager in the league’s player engagement department, helping players navigate financial, physical and mental wellness. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Instead of competitive reps, there were casual strolls between periods where focus remained great, but only mental mistakes could be made. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 In the TikTok livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 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

In the book’s arc, this lands as a chilling dismissal, and a reminder of the magnitude of Bret’s increasingly psychotic concern over Robert Mallory and the Trawler, and his detachment from his own life.

— Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
In people with personal or family history of psychotic disorders, taking psilocybin may increase the risk of psychosis.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Aug. 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

However, Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton was fined and suspended for five games after last Tuesday’s contest, when two girls sitting courtside in support of Cunnigham said Keaton cursed at them and called them insane.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Continue reading … VIRUS RECKONING — COVID fury explodes as Fauci hearing revives 'insane' lockdown nightmare tales.

— , FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of insane

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