minds
Watches over carefully
Minds is the plural of mind—the faculty of thought, awareness, and reasoning.
Multiple minds can collaborate or disagree: Great minds think alike.
To mind something is to object to it or to look after it: Do you mind if I sit here?
Mind the children while I'm out.
To be of two minds is to feel conflicted.
Minds were changed after the debate.
Intellectual capacity
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
understanding · wisdom · acumen · sagacity · mentality · brilliance · comprehension · intellect
Mental knowledge acquisition
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- cognitive scienceStudy of mental processes
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
therapy · consciousness · perception · memory · attention · learning · development · personality
State of perceiving reality
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
wakefulness · lucidity · self-awareness · presence · clarity · vigilance · cognizance · awakening
Mental reasoning process
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- meditationFocused attention practice
rumination · pondering · musing · consideration · reasoning · judgment · opinion · belief
Science of valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- deductionConclusion from premises
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
evaluation · critical thinking · problem-solving · systematic · methodical · scrutiny · assessment · objectivity
Philosophy of opposed pairs
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
determinism · intentionality · qualia · solipsism · functionalism · mental causation · reductionism
Faculty for forming ideas
- innovationCreating something original
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- originalityNovel creative quality
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
ingenuity · vision · ideation · brainstorming · novelty · artistry · creativity · intuition
brainpower
Intellectual capacity
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
reasoning · understanding · wisdom · acumen · sagacity · mentality · brilliance · comprehension · intellect · savvy
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- cognitive scienceStudy of mental processes
mental health · therapy · consciousness · perception · memory · attention · learning · development · personality · emotions
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- attentionFocused mental awareness
alertness · wakefulness · lucidity · self-awareness · presence · clarity · vigilance · cognizance · awakening · realization
thinking
Mental reasoning process
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
meditation · rumination · pondering · musing · consideration · reasoning · judgment · opinion · belief · notion
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- deductionConclusion from premises
- analysisMethodical study of parts
inference · evaluation · critical thinking · problem-solving · systematic · methodical · scrutiny · assessment · objectivity · precision
dualism
Philosophy of opposed pairs
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
free will · determinism · intentionality · qualia · solipsism · functionalism · mental causation · reductionism
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- innovationCreating something original
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- originalityNovel creative quality
inventiveness · ingenuity · vision · ideation · brainstorming · novelty · artistry · creativity · intuition · lateral thinking
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- Invisiblesair, atoms, electrons, gravity, magnetism
- intelligent beingshumans, people, persons, Homo sapiens, intelligent life
- Abstractsabstractions, concepts, ideas, properties, qualities
- existenceexistence, being, lives, reality, life
- Reading-relatedskim, scan, browse, peruse, study
mindsbodies
Physical structures of organisms
flesh · matter · physicality · corporeality · soma
- never mindRetraction of a statement
- peace of mindState without anxiety
- mind your own businessStop meddling in others' affairs
- open mindAbsence of prejudgment
- lose your mindBecome mentally unstable
- come to mindSpontaneously be recalled
mind, remind, mindful, reminder, minded, mindless, mindset, minding, mindfulness