Definition of Mental

1. Adjective. Involving the mind or an intellectual process. "Free from mental defects"


2. Adjective. Of or relating to the mind. "Mental hygiene"
Derivative terms: Mentality, Mentality
Partainyms: Mind

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Partainyms: Mentum

4. Adjective. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw.
Exact synonyms: Genial
Partainyms: Chin, Mentum

5. Adjective. Affected by a disorder of the mind. "Mental illness"
Similar to: Unhealthy

Definition of Mental

1. a. Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

2. n. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

3. a. Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.

Definition of Mental

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process. ¹

2. Adjective. (colloquial comparable) Insane, mad, crazy. ¹

3. Adjective. (colloquial UK comparable) Enjoyable; fun. ¹

4. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial. ¹

5. Adjective. (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mental

1. pertaining to the mind [adj] : MENTALLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Mental

1. 1. Pertaining to the mind, psychic. 2. Pertaining to the chin. Origin: L. Mens = mind, L. Mentum = chin This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mental

mensural
mensuralism
mensuralist
mensurate
mensurated
mensurates
mensurating
mensuration
mensurational
mensurations
menswear
menswears
ment
menta
mentagra
mental (current term)
mental aberration
mental ability
mental abnormality
mental age
mental ages
mental agraphia
mental anguish
mental apparatus
mental asylum
mental attitude
mental balance
mental block
mental branches of mental nerve

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