mental state

Questions about mental state

What is another word for mental state?

It depends which mental state you mean. In the sense “(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic”, the synonyms are psychological state, psychological condition, mental condition. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of mental state?

WordNet records no antonym for mental state. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for mental state come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of mental state

• Full entry for mental stateAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for mental stateWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.