Mind

Noun

 * 1) The ability for rational thought.
 * Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
 * 1) The ability to be aware of things.
 * There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
 * 1) The ability to remember things.
 * My mind just went blank.
 * 1) The ability to focus the thoughts.
 * I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
 * 1) Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
 * He was one of history’s greatest minds.
 * 1) Judgment, opinion, or view.
 * He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
 * 1) Desire, inclination, or intention.
 * She had a mind to go to Paris.
 * A mind to the madness.
 * 1) A healthy mental state.
 * I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby...
 * You are losing your mind.
 * 1)  The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, feeling, thinking, and will are based.
 * 2) * 1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, p. 19:
 * The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.

Synonyms

 * brain, head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit
 * awareness, consciousness, sentience
 * memory, recollection
 * attention, concentration, focus
 * genius, intellectual, thinker
 * judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view
 * desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood
 * sanity
 * (process of): cognition, learning

Derived terms

 * aftermind
 * amind
 * bear in mind
 * be of one mind
 * blow someone's mind
 * breadth of mind
 * change one's mind
 * come to mind
 * foremind
 * give someone a piece of one's mind
 * have a mind like a sieve
 * have a mind of one's own
 * have in mind
 * hivemind
 * Jedi mind tricks
 * lose one's mind


 * make up one's mind
 * mind's ear
 * mind's eye
 * mind-blowing
 * mindboggling
 * mindful
 * mindless
 * of two minds
 * out of one's mind
 * overmind
 * put someone in mind of
 * spring to mind
 * to my mind
 * undermind

Verb

 * 1) To pay attention to.
 * Mind your manners
 * Mind you, she's very able.
 * 1) * 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, ISBN	9781848602120, p. xv:
 * Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
 * 1) To look after, to take care of.
 * Would you mind my bag for me?
 * 1) To remember.
 * 2) * 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26:
 * The land where I shall mind you not
 * Is the land where all's forgot.
 * 1)  To dislike, object to, have a contrary feeling toward.
 * I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.

Derived terms

 * mind one's p's and q's


 * mind the store

Adjectives for Mind
agitated; iron; conclusive; grosser; trained; thrifty; astute; observing; unbalanced; liberal; logical; far-seeing; poetic; subtle; self-assured; conniving; contented; invisible; taintless; zealous; capricious; towering; feminine; swift; virtuous; shallow; untutored; courageous; languid; downcast; discriminating; controlling;  well-trained; creative; philosophical; illustrious; pulverized; wavering; versatile; earthly; uncom-plex; illuminated; earnest; weak; effeminate; careless; mortal; anxious; troubled; unthinking; terrestrial; dispassionate; exalted; elegant; reluctant; sympathetic; backward-looking; vigorous; romancing; ingenuous; tranquil; thoughtful; vulgar; twisted; imaginative; expanding; longing; pensive; unclean; virgin; sublimest; youthful; unconventional; flexible; restless; lethargic; conservative; apprehensive; erring; educated; enlightened; impressible; golden; distracted; lofty; inventive; disordered; unde-bauched; meditative; invoking; irritated; silly; fractional; preoccupied; giant; pure; soaring; gifted; exploring; ill-trained; independent; active; disburdened; ingenious; colossal; turbulent; callous; affrighted; cultivated; inattentive; exasperated; infinite; writhing; queasy; well-purged; honest; charming; quivering; unconquerable; wooing; ennobling; supersensitive; glowing; speculative; disciplined; scientific; slick; freckled; unfolding; infected; patriarchal; resourceful; unfettered; uninitiated; rude; mute; healthy; determined; mighty; realistic; abject; selfish; learned; far-reaching; devious; discriminating; plastic; brilliant; medieval; flurried; upright; respective; managerial; critical; priggish; sanguine; deferential; mercantile; superstitious; gullible; twofold; finite; percipient; grasping; mournful; wayless; reproductive; docile; theorizing; deliberating; unregenerate; reverential; unhinged; wounded; drunken; unaffected; fatuous; retentive; savage; inhospitable; self-formed; unrebellious; desecrated; diseased; sensitized; keen; serious; frivolous; infinite; robust; dissipated; intuitive; medical; canny; narrow; tabloid; deft;  solitary;   ductile;  undergraduate; scholarly; unclouded; cheerful; nature-loving; idle; devotional; prying; high-sailing; immortal; eternal; petulant.

Verbs for Mind
addle—; agitate—; assail—; attune—to; baffle—; banish—; bend—; bewilder—; broaden—; burden—; condition—; corrode —; corrupt—; convey to—; cultivate—; de¬bauch—; delude—; depress—; detach—; dethrone—; disabuse—; disorient—$ dispel from—; distort—; divert—; drug—; ease emancipate—; enfeeble—; engrave on enslave—; explore—; fertilize—; fetter filter into—; focus—on; harass—; haunt inflame—; impress on—; lodge in—; muddle—; plant in—; penetrate—; permeate —; pervade—; pop into—; rankle in—; reproach—; seep into—; shackle—; sharpen —; stamp on—; steel—; stimulate—; torture ——; unbalance—; unbare—; unburden—; unhinge—; unsettle—; warp—; weigh in—; wrench—; —conceives; —dallies; —darts back; —deteriorates; —dictates; —disturbs; —dwells upon; —dwindles; —evolves; —envisages; —masters; —pictures; —probes; — reels; —roams; —seethes; —succumbs; — wanders; —wars.

Thesaurus
Mnemosyne, affect memory, aim, ambition, ambivalent, anima, anima humana, animadvert, animus, anterograde memory, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, ardor, aspiration, assumption, astral body, astuteness, atavism, atman, attend, attend to, attend to orders, attention, attitude, ba, baby-sit, babysit, balk at, bawl out, be concerned, be resolved, be unwilling, begrudge, behold, belief, bent, berate, beware, bias, brain, brains, breath, breath of life, bring back, bring to mind, buddhi, call back, call to mind, call up, capacity, care, care for, cast, castigate, chaperon, character, chastise, cherish, chew out, choice, choose, cite, climate of opinion, coconscious, cognizance, collective memory, collective unconscious, command, common belief, community sentiment, comply, computer memory, conation, conatus, conceit, concentration, concept, conception, conclude, conclusion, concupiscence, conform, conjure up, conscience, conscious self, consciousness, consensus gentium, conserve, consider, consideration, constitution, contemplate, conviction, counsel, crazy, cue, curiosity, death instinct, decide, decision, deem, defer to, descry, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, determine, diathesis, dig, disapprove of, discern, discipline, discourse of reason, discretion, discursive reason, disk memory, dislike, disposition, disregard, divine breath, dress down, drive, drum memory, eagerness, eccentricity, effect, ego, ego ideal, ego-id conflict, emotional response, engram, enjoy, esprit, espy, estimate, estimation, ethical self, ethos, evoke, excogitate, eye, faculty, fancy, fantasy, feeling, fixed purpose, follow, follow the book, foreconscious, forget, form an opinion, foster, frame, frame of mind, free choice, free will, function, general belief, genius, get miffed, go, go back, go back over, govern, grain, gray matter, gross body, grudge, guard, hark back, harken to, have a care, head, headpiece, heart, heed, hope, horme, humor, id, idea, idiosyncrasy, ignore, impression, inclination, individualism, insane, insight, intellect, intellection, intellectual, intellectual curiosity, intellectual faculty, intelligence, intendment, intent, intention, jiva, jivatma, judge, judgement, judgment, kama, keep, keep watch over, khu, kidney, kinesthetic memory, leaning, libidinal energy, libido, lie low, life principle, lights, like, liking, linga sharira, listen to, look, look about one, look after, look back, look out, look out for, look sharp, look to, lucidity, lust, lust for learning, mad, make, makeup, manas, manes, marbles, mark, matronize, mean, meaning, memory, memory bank, memory circuit, memory trace, mens, mental capacity, mental set, mentality, mettle, mind-set, mneme, mold, mood, morale, mother, motive, motive force, mystique, nature, need, nephesh, never mind, nisus, not care to, not feel like, note, notice, notion, nous, nurse, nurture, obey, obey the rules, object to, objective, observance, observation, observe, opinion, oversee, passion, pay attention, pay attention to, perceive, perception, percipience, perpend, persona, personal judgment, personality, persuasion, physical body, plan, plans, pleasure, pleasure principle, pneuma, point, point of view, ponder, popular belief, position, posture, power, power of reason, prana, preconscious, predilection, predisposition, preference, preserve, presumption, prevailing belief, primitive self, principle of desire, proclivity, project, propensity, proposal, propose, prospectus, protege, provide for, psyche, psychic apparatus, public belief, public opinion, purpose, purusha, qui vive, race memory, racial unconscious, rail at, ratio, rationality, reaction, reason, reasoning, reasoning faculty, rebuke, recall, recall to mind, recapture, reck, recollect, recollection, reevoke, reflect, regard, relish, remark, remember, remembrance, remind, reminisce, reprimand, reproach, reprove, resent, resolution, resolve, retain, retrace, retrospect, review, review in retrospect, revive, ride herd on, ruach, sagacity, sage, sake, saneness, sanity, sapience, scold, screen memory, see, see after, see in retrospect, see to, self, sense, senses, sentiment, set, sexual desire, shade, shadow, shepherd, shilly-shallying, shrewdness, sight, skill, skin alive, slant, slough off, smarts, soul, soundness, souvenir, spirit, spirits, spiritual being, spiritus, stamp, stance, state of mind, stay in line, sthula sharira, strain, streak, stripe, striving, study, subconscious, subconscious mind, subliminal, subliminal self, submerged mind, submit, summon up, superego, superintend, supervise, support, take amiss, take an interest, take care, take care of, take charge of, take heed, take ill, take note, take note of, take notice, take offense, take orders, take to heart, take umbrage, tape memory, tell off, temper, temperament, tend, tendency, the self, theory, think, think back, think of, thinker, thinking, thirst for knowledge, thought, thoughts, toe the line, tone, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, uncertain, unconscious, unconscious mind, undecided, understanding, unsure, upbraid, urge, use hindsight, vacillating, vein, velleity, verbal response, view, viewpoint, visual memory, vital force, vital impulse, volition, want, wanting, warp, watch, watch out, watch out for, watch over, wavering, way of thinking, weigh, will, will and pleasure, will power, wisdom, wish, wish fulfillment, wit, wits, would rather not

Etymology
From minde: <  gemynd: <  <. Cognate with 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃:,  myntan:. More at.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: mined
 * Homophones: mined
 * Homophones: mined
 * Homophones: mined

Noun

 * Arabic: عقل
 * Armenian: բանականություն,
 * Old Armenian:
 * Basque: adimen, buru, gogo, sen
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 智力, 悟性,
 * Chiricahua: -́nii
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: sind, sjæl; indstilling
 * Dutch: verstand, geest, psyche, denkvermogen
 * Estonian: mõistus
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჭკუა, გონება
 * German: ,
 * Greek: νους (nus), διάνοια (ðiánia) , μυαλό (myaló)
 * Hawaiian: manaʻo, waihona, noʻonoʻa, naʻau
 * Hebrew: רוּחַ (ruaħ), מוח , שכל
 * Hindi: मन
 * Hungarian:, elme, elme
 * Ido: mento
 * Irish: intinn, meabhair
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 心 (こころ, kokoro), 精神 (せいしん, seishin), 知性 (ちせい, chisei)


 * Jicarilla: -́nii
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 마음 (maeum)
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: protas
 * Malayalam: മനസ് (manasu)
 * Navajo: -́niʼ
 * Norwegian:, intellekt
 * Pitjantjatjara: kata
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak: myseľ, rozum , myslenie
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förstånd, intellekt, psyke
 * Western Apache: -́niʼ
 * Western Apache: -́niʼ


 * Estonian:
 * Greek:
 * Khmer:
 * Latvian: ,
 * Norwegian: bevissthet


 * Romanian: atenţie
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Greek: μνήμη (mneme), μνημονικό (mnemoniko)
 * Norwegian: hukommelse,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ధారణా శక్తి


 * German: Meinung
 * Greek: αυτοσυγκέντρωση (aftosigentrosi)
 * Norwegian: konsentrasjon
 * Romanian:


 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Greek: μεγαλοφυία (megalofiia), διάνοια (diania) , διανοούμενος (dianoumenos) στοχαστής (stokhastes)
 * Norwegian:


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: geni, snille


 * Greek: κρίση (krise), γνώμη (gnome) , άποψη (apopse)
 * Norwegian: innstilling
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , точка зрения


 * Swedish:, , , ,
 * Telugu: జడ్జి, అభిప్రయము, అభిప్రాయము, తీర్పు


 * Greek: χαρακτήρας (kharakteras), ιδιοσυγκρασία (idiosinkrasia)
 * Norwegian: hensikt, intensjon
 * Russian:


 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Telugu: కోరిక


 * Arabic: (ʕáql)
 * Greek: λογικότητα (logikotita), σύνεση (sinesi) , πνευματική υγεία (pnevmatiki iyia) , διαύγεια (πνεύματος) (diavgia pnevmatos)
 * Norwegian:


 * Russian:, расположение духа, рассудок
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మనోబలము


 * Greek:
 * Khmer:
 * Norwegian:


 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: వేదాంతం


 * : ánimo

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: ,
 * Dutch: letten op, aandacht schenken aan
 * Finnish:
 * French: prendre garde
 * German:, beachten
 * Greek: δέν μέ πειράζει (ðen me pirázi)


 * Latin: animum attendo
 * Norwegian:, passe på
 * Romanian: fi atent
 * Russian: обращать внимание, обратить внимание,  иметь в виду,  следить (of one's manners)
 * Swedish: akta (på), ge akt (på), komma ihåg, se upp (för), se till, tänka (på)


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: tabhair aire do


 * Norwegian: passe på
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: присматривать, присмотреть , заботиться
 * Swedish: hålla koll (på), se efter, sköta, sköta om, ta hand om


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 介意
 * Dutch: erg vinden (ik vind het niet erg), iets op tegen hebben (ik heb er niets op tegen), uitmaken (het maakt me niet uit)
 * Finnish:
 * French: (e.g. est-ce que ça vous dérange...)
 * German: dagegen haben


 * Norwegian: bry seg om, ha imot
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: возражать, возразить
 * Swedish: bekymra sig om, bry sig om, fästa sig vid, ha emot, tänka (på)
 * Telugu: విభేదించు

Pronoun
mind


 * 1) me

Adverb

 * 1) with everyone, all, together (usually of persons)
 * Mind összegyűltek a ház előtt. - They all (together) gathered in front of the house.
 * 1) all of them, everyone, each of them (grammatically singular)
 * Milyenek a fogaid? - Nem jók, de még mind megvan. - How are your teeth? - They are not perfect, but I still have all of them.
 * 1) all of it (accusative case)
 * Mind megettem.- I ate all of it.
 * 1) continually, continuously (used with comparative form)
 * Mind nagyobb igény van erre a szolgáltatásra. - There is more and more demand for this service.

Synonyms

 * mindnyájan, mindannyian
 * egyre
 * mindegyikük, mindegyik, az összes
 * mindet

Derived terms

 * minden
 * mindet
 * mindig
 * Compound words
 * mindaz
 * mindegy
 * mindegyik
 * mindez
 * mindjárt
 * mindössze
 * Expressions
 * nem mind arany, ami fénylik

Conjunction

 * 1)  both... and..., as well as
 * mind a magánéletben, mind a munkában - both in private life and in work

Etymology
From mi:

Noun

 * 1) memory, recollection.
 * 2) mind.

Verb

 * 1) To remember.
 * 2) To remind.
 * 3) To mind, care.

Etymology
ġemynd.