English noun: mental faculty | |||
1. | mental faculty (cognition) one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | ||
Synonyms | faculty, module | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ability, power | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | attention, intellect, language, memory, reason, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, speech, understanding, volition, will | ||