mental ability

1. 1.

   the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

   Synonymscapacity

   Broaderability

   Narrowerprescience

Questions about mental ability

What does mental ability mean?

mental ability means "the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior".

What is another word for mental ability?

Close synonyms include capacity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.