The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception:
— He used his wits to get ahead.
— I was scared out of my wits.
synonym: marbles.
Roget 450:
intellect,
mind,
understanding,
reason,
thinking principle;
rationality;
cogitative faculties,
cognitive faculties,
discursive faculties,
reasoning faculties,
intellectual faculties;
faculties,
senses,
consciousness,
observation,
percipience,
intelligence,
intellection,
intuition,
association of ideas,
instinct,
conception,
judgment,
wits,
parts,
capacity,
intellectuality,
genius;
brains,
cognitive powers,
intellectual powers;
wit
etc.
498;
ability
etc.
(skill)
698;
wisdom
etc.
498;
Vernunft [G.],
Verstand [G.].
soul,
spirit,
ghost,
inner man,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
penetralia mentis [Lat.],
divina particula aurae [Lat.],
heart's core;
the Absolute,
psyche,
subliminal consciousness,
supreme principle.
brain,
organ of thought,
seat of thought;
sensorium†,
sensory;
head,
headpiece;
pate,
noddle†,
noggin,
skull,
scull,
pericranium [Med.],
cerebrum,
cranium,
brainpan†,
sconce,
upper story.
[in computers] [Comp.]
central processing unit,
CPU;
arithmetic and logical unit,
ALU.
[Science of mind]
metaphysics;
psychics,
psychology;
ideology;
mental philosophy,
moral philosophy;
philosophy of the mind;
pneumatology†,
phrenology;
craniology [Med.],
cranioscopy [Med.].
ideality,
idealism;
transcendentalism,
spiritualism;
immateriality
etc.
317;
universal concept,
universal conception.
metaphysician,
psychologist
etc.
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