mind
/maɪnd/ noun, verb
Forms minds minding minded mindest mindedst mindeth
- noun The capability for rational thought. “Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.”
- noun The ability to be aware of things. “There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.”
- noun The ability to remember things. “My mind just went blank.”
- noun The ability to focus the thoughts. “I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.”
- noun Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. “He was one of history’s greatest minds.”
- noun Thinking characteristic of particular group. “Who knows what really goes through the criminal mind?”
- noun Judgment, opinion, or view. “He changed his mind after hearing the speech.”
- noun Desire, inclination, or intention. “She had a mind to go to Paris.”
- verb To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- verb (now regional) To remember.
- verb (obsolete or dialectal) To remind; put one's mind on.
- verb To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice. “Mind the new detour signs. If you don't mind, you'll end up running into bears in the forest.”
- verb To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- verb (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). “Mind you don't knock that glass over.”
- verb (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed. “You should mind your own business.”
- verb To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. “Would you mind my bag for me?”
Synonyms
brain head intellect intelligence nous psyche reason wit brains cleverness brightness esprit smartness smarts judgment awareness consciousness sentience memory recollection judgement thinker creative thinker idea take care heed listen beware bear in mind
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”).
Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; --often in distinction from the body.
- noun The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.
- verb To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note. "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16.
- verb To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.
Etymology [AS. mynd, gemynd; akin to OHG. minna memory, love, G. minne love, Dan. minde mind, memory, remembrance, consent, vote, Sw. minne memory, Icel. minni, Goth. gamunds, L. mens, mentis, mind, Gr. manas mind, man to think. Comment, Man, Mean, v., 3d Mental, Mignonette, Minion, Mnemonic, Money.]
Etymology [AS. myndian, gemyndian to remember. See Mind, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “mind”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details