MENTAL LEXICON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental lexicon mean? 

• MENTAL LEXICON (noun)
  The noun MENTAL LEXICON has 1 sense:

1. a language user's knowledge of words

  Familiarity information: MENTAL LEXICON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL LEXICON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A language user's knowledge of words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

lexicon; mental lexicon; vocabulary

Hypernyms ("mental lexicon" is a kind of...):

cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Holonyms ("mental lexicon" is a part of...):

language; speech (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication)