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- head, brain, mind, psyche, nous
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings - noddle
an informal British expression for head or mind - place
an abstract mental location - public knowledge, general knowledge
knowledge that is available to anyone - common knowledge
anything generally known to everyone - episteme
the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time - ancient history
knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence - light
public awareness - surface, open
information that has become public - tabula rasa
a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) - ego
(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind - unconscious mind, unconscious
that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware - subconscious mind, subconscious
psychic activity just below the level of awareness - superego
(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience - id
(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity - deepness, depth, profundity, profoundness, astuteness
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas - judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations - eye
good discernment (either visually or as if visually) - gumption, common sense, good sense, horse sense, sense, mother wit
sound practical judgment - logic
reasoned and reasonable judgment - nous
common sense - road sense
good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road - judiciousness
good judgment - discreetness, discretion, circumspection, prudence
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress - confidentiality
discretion in keeping secret information - care, precaution, caution, forethought
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger - injudiciousness, indiscreetness
lacking good judgment - power, ability
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done - know-how
the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something - bag of tricks
a supply of ways of accomplishing something - wisdom, sapience
ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight - leadership
the ability to lead - generalship
the leadership ability of a military general - intelligence
the ability to comprehend - brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
mental ability - largeness, breadth, comprehensiveness
the capacity to understand a broad range of topics - capaciousness, roominess
intellectual breadth - mind, intellect
knowledge and intellectual ability - nonverbal intelligence
intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language - verbal intelligence
intelligence in the use and comprehension of language - quickness, mental quickness, quick-wittedness
intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay - nimbleness, mental dexterity
intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind - brilliance, genius
unusual mental ability - coruscation
a sudden or striking display of brilliance - pyrotechnics
(music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) - scintillation
a brilliant display of wit - precociousness, precocity
intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules - sharpness, keenness, acuteness, acuity
a quick and penetrating intelligence - steel trap
an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps) - smartness, cleverness, brightness
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty - craft, guile, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception - perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) - insightfulness, acumen
shrewdness shown by keen insight - knowingness
shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge - street smarts
a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment - marbles, wits
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception - aptitude
inherent ability - bilingualism
the ability to speak two languages colloquially - instinct, inherent aptitude
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli - capacity, mental ability
the power to learn or retain knowledge - capability, capableness, potentiality
an aptitude that may be developed - perfectibility
the capability of becoming perfect - reach, grasp, compass, range
the limit of capability - sight, ken
the range of vision - natural ability
ability that is inherited - gift, endowment, talent, natural endowment
natural abilities or qualities - hang, bent, knack
a special way of doing something - flair, genius
a natural talent - raw talent
powerfully impressive talent - creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
the ability to create - fruitfulness, fecundity
the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination - flight
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds - genius, wizardry
exceptional creative ability - imagination, imaginativeness, vision
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses - imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
a place that exists only in imagination - afterworld
the place where you are after you die - Annwfn, Annwn
(Welsh mythology) the other world - Asgard
(Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes - Atlantis
according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake - Brobdingnag
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous - cloud-cuckoo-land
an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality - Cockaigne
(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness - El Dorado, eldorado
an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity - fairyland, faerie, faery
the enchanted realm of fairies - Heaven
the abode of God and the angels - Abraham's bosom, bosom of Abraham
the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death - Celestial City, City of God, Heavenly City, Holy City
phrases used to refer to Heaven - Elysium, Elysian Fields
(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death - Elysium
a place or condition of ideal happiness - Eden, Garden of Eden
a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation - Paradise
(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death - Promised Land
the goal towards which Christians strive - Valhalla, Walhalla
(Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin - Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
(religion) the world of the dead - pit, Hell, infernal region, perdition, Inferno, nether region
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil - Houyhnhnms
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos - Gehenna, Tartarus
a place where the wicked are punished after death - hellfire, red region
a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned - Laputa
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected - Lilliput
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people - limbo
(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) - limbo
an imaginary place for lost or neglected things - Midgard
(Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology - never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld
a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination - purgatory
(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins - Ruritania
an imaginary kingdom in central Europe - spirit world
any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide - Utopia, Zion, Sion
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal - wonderland
an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders - fancy
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination - fantasy, phantasy
imagination unrestricted by reality - pipe dream, dream
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) - fantasy life, phantasy life
an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world - fairyland, fantasy world, phantasy world
something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) - paracosm
a prolonged fantasy world invented by children - innovation, conception, design, invention, excogitation
the creation of something in the mind - ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness, inventiveness
the power of creative imagination - resource, resourcefulness, imagination
the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems - inventory, armory, armoury
a collection of resources - concoction
the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose - contrivance
the faculty of contriving - originality
the ability to think and act independently - innovativeness
originality by virtue of introducing new ideas - unconventionality
originality by virtue of being unconventional - novelty, freshness
originality by virtue of being new and surprising - aviation, airmanship
the art of operating aircraft - eristic
the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) - falconry
the art of training falcons to hunt and return - fortification
the art or science of strengthening defenses - homiletics
the art of preaching - horology
the art of designing and making clocks - minstrelsy
the art of a minstrel - musicianship
artistry in performing music - enology, oenology
the art of wine making - puppetry
the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows - taxidermy
the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance - telescopy
the art of making and using telescopes - ventriloquism, ventriloquy
the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) - skill, science
ability to produce solutions in some problem domain - nose
a natural skill - virtuosity
technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso - bravura
brilliant and showy technical skill - accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, skill, acquirement
an ability that has been acquired by training - hand
ability - craft, craftsmanship, workmanship
skill in an occupation or trade - horsemanship
skill in handling and riding horses - literacy
the ability to read and write - marksmanship
skill in shooting - mastership
the skill of a master - mixology
skill in preparing mixed drinks - superior skill
more than ordinary ability - art, artistry, prowess
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation - numeracy
skill with numbers and mathematics - oarsmanship
skill as an oarsman - salesmanship
skill in selling - seamanship
skill in sailing - boatmanship
skill in handling boats - showmanship
the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner - soldiering, soldiership
skills that are required for the life of soldier - swordsmanship
skill in fencing - skillfulness
the state of being cognitively skillful - expertness, expertise
skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge - handiness
skillfulness with the hands - professionalism
the expertness characteristic of a professional person - sophistication
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject - coordination
being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree - coordination
the skillful and effective interaction of movements - incoordination
a lack of coordination of movements - versatility
having a wide variety of skills - control, mastery, command
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity - facility, quickness, adeptness, adroitness, deftness
skillful performance or ability without difficulty - touch
deftness in handling matters - capstone, copestone, finishing touch
a final touch - dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight
adroitness in using the hands - fluency
skillfulness in speaking or writing - disfluency
lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing - proficiency, technique
skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity - brushwork
an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush - musketry
the technique of using small arms (especially in battle) - housecraft
skill in domestic management - priestcraft
the skills involved in the work of a priest - stagecraft
skill in writing or staging plays - tradecraft
skill acquired through experience in a trade - watercraft
skill in the management of boats - woodcraft
skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood - efficiency
skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort - economy
the efficient use of resources - inability
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something - block, mental block
an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do - writer's block
an inability to write - stupidity
a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience - denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness
the quality of being mentally slow and limited - dullness, obtuseness
the quality of being slow to understand - retardation, slowness, mental retardation, backwardness, subnormality
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities - abnormality, mental defectiveness
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence - feeblemindedness
severe mental deficiency - moronity, mental deficiency
mild mental retardation - idiocy, amentia
extreme mental retardation - imbecility
retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot - folly, craziness, foolishness, madness
the quality of being rash and foolish