1. Involving the mind or an intellectual process
   "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"
    
2. Of or relating to the mind
   "mental hygiene"; "mental powers"; "mental development"
    
3. Affected by a disorder of the mind
   "a mental patient"; "mental illness"
    
4. [slang] Insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
   "it used to drive my husband mental";
   - balmy [archaic, slang], barmy [slang], bats [slang], batty [slang], bonkers [slang], buggy [N. Amer, slang], cracked [slang], crackers [slang], daft [Brit, slang], dotty [Brit, slang], fruity [slang], haywire [slang], kooky [slang], kookie [slang], loco [slang], loony [slang], loopy [slang], nuts [slang], nutty [slang], round the bend [slang], around the bend [slang], wacky [slang], whacky [slang], daffy [slang], dippy [slang], doolally [Brit, slang], wacko [slang], daft as a brush [Brit, slang], potty [Brit, slang], round the twist [Brit, slang], dumbass [N. Amer, slang], nutsy [N. Amer, slang], barking mad [Brit, slang], barking [Brit, slang], bughouse [N. Amer, slang], cuckoo [slang]
    
5. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
   "The mental foramen is an important anatomical landmark in the lower jaw";
   - genial
    
6. (biology) of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
   "The mental plate in some beetle species serves as a protective structure"

See also: insane, intellectual, moral, noetic, psychic, psychical, psychogenic, psychological, rational, unhealthy

Antonym: physical

Encyclopedia: Mental