mind game | deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage), football players try to play mind games with the opposition, the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings |
makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
psychoactive drug mind-altering drug consciousness-altering drug psychoactive substance | a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions |
presence of mind | selfontrol in a crisis, ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
mind head brain psyche nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason, his mind wandered, I couldn't get his words out of my head |
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 |
mind intellect | knowledge and intellectual ability, he reads to improve his mind, he has a keen intellect |
cognitive state state of mind | the state of a person's cognitive processes |
mind | attention, don't pay him any mind |
mind | recall or remembrance, it came to mind |
mind's eye | the imaging of remembered or invented scenes, I could see her clearly in my mind's eye |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
reversal change of mind flip-flop turnabout turnaround | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
judgment judgement mind | an opinion formed by judging something, he was reluctant to make his judgment known, she changed her mind |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
mind idea | your intention, what you intend to do, he had in mind to see his old teacher, the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces |
mentality outlook mindset mind-set | a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
peace peacefulness peace of mind repose serenity heartsease ataraxis | the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
mind reader telepathist thoughteader | a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) |
telepathist thoughteader mental telepathist mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
thinker creative thinker mind | an important intellectual, the great minds of the th century |
state of mind frame of mind | a temporary psychological state |
time immemorial time out of mind | the distant past beyond memory |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | give certain properties to something, get someone mad, She made us look silly, He made a fool of himself at the meeting, Don't make this into a big deal, This invention will make you a millionaire, Make yourself clear |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
purify sublimate make pure distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
make c | develop into, He will make a splendid father! |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
make f | change from one form into another, make water into wine, make lead into gold, make clay into bricks |
make e | favor the development of, Practice makes the winner |
make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable, make my day |