Synonyms of the word nous


NOUSBRAIN - COGNITION - GUMPTION - HEAD - KNOWLEDGE - MIND - NOESIS - PSYCHE - SENSE

nous

  • n. (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
  • n. In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
  • n. Common sense; practical intelligence.

brain

  • n. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible…
  • n. (informal) An intelligent person.
  • n. (in the plural) Intellect.
  • n. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
  • n. (slang, vulgar) oral sex.
  • v. (transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to.
  • v. (transitive) To conceive in the mind; to understand.

cognition

  • n. The process of knowing.
  • n. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

gumption

  • n. (Britain) common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
  • n. (US) Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm.
  • n. (US) Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative.

head

  • n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
  • n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  • n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
  • n. A significant or important part.
  • n. Headway; progress.
  • n. Topic; subject.
  • n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
  • n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
  • n. (slang) The glans penis.
  • n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
  • n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
  • adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
  • adj. Placed at the top or the front.
  • adj. Coming from in front.
  • v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
  • v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
  • v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
  • v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  • v. (intransitive) To form a head.
  • v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  • v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  • v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
  • v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
  • v. To set on the head.

knowledge

  • n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation…
  • n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
  • n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
  • n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
  • n. (philosophical) Justified true belief.
  • n. (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
  • n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
  • n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
  • n. (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
  • n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
  • n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
  • n. (Britain, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab…
  • v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.

mind

  • n. The ability for rational thought.
  • n. The ability to be aware of things.
  • n. The ability to remember things.
  • n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
  • n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
  • n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
  • n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
  • n. A healthy mental state.
  • n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity,…
  • v. (now regional) To remember.
  • v. (now rare except in phrases) To concern oneself with, to pay attention to.
  • v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered…
  • v. (now chiefly Canada, US, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey.
  • v. To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on.
  • v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  • v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  • v. To be careful about.
  • v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
  • v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.

noesis

  • n. (in psychology) cognition, the functioning of intellect.
  • n. (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
  • n. (in metaphysical philosophy) the consciousness component of Neotic Theory, which concerns the duality…

psyche

  • n. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
  • n. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
  • abbr. psychology.
  • interj. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.
  • v. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
  • v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

sense

  • n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing,…
  • n. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
  • n. Sound practical or moral judgment.
  • n. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
  • n. A natural appreciation or ability.
  • n. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
  • n. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
  • n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also…
  • n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
  • n. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
  • v. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
  • v. To instinctively be aware.
  • v. To comprehend.

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