mental

/ˈmɛntl/

/ˈmɛntəl/

The adjective mental describes anything having to do with the mind, just as "physical" has to do with the body. Mental has to do with the intellect, the mind, or the brain.

There's a history of mental illness in that family, which is interesting because physically they're all so amazing. Makes you wonder why they did so well in one department but not the other. Some argue that standardized tests are no measure of your mental abilities. All they do is tell you how well you did on the test. That would be like testing your emotional depth based on how tightly you hug people. A person's mental gifts are difficult to measure.

Definitions of mental

1. adjective

   involving the mind or an intellectual process
   “mental images of happy times”

   “mental calculations”

   “in a terrible mental state”

   “mental suffering”

   “free from mental defects”

   synonyms:

   intellectual, noetic, rational

   of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

   moral

   psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

   psychic, psychical

   affecting or influenced by the human mind

   psychogenic

   mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin

   psychological

   mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature

   antonyms:

   physical

   involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

   animal, carnal, fleshly, sensual

   marked by the appetites and passions of the body

   bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic

   affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

   material

   concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

   personal

   intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

   physiologic, physiological

   of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning

   somatogenetic, somatogenic

   of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin
2. adjective

   of or relating to the mind
   “mental powers”

   “mental development”

   “mental hygiene”
3. adjective

   affected by a disorder of the mind
   “a mental patient”

   “mental illness”

   synonyms:

   unhealthy

   not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
4. adjective

   of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
   synonyms: genial
5. adjective

   of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks