mental health

noun

One's emotional well-being, especially with reference to one's outlook on life, ability to cope with stress or the absence of a mental disorder.

Opposite
mental illness
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Meanings

nounmental health (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesOne's emotional well-being, especially with reference to one's outlook on life, ability to cope with stress or the absence of a mental disorder.

    This makes greater efforts to promote wellbeing and to look out for colleagues not just a moral imperative, but a financial one, too. The cost of inaction was recently outlined in a report by Deloitte, which estimated that poor mental health costs employers in the UK up to £45 billion per year.

    2020 July 1, Paul Stephen, “Vital Connections”, in Rail, page 41

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment

Opposite
mental illness
Broader
psychological statepsychological conditionmental state

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans geestesgesondheid
  • geestesgesondheidemotional well-being
Arabic صِحَّة نَفْسِيَّة
  • صِحَّة نَفْسِيَّةemotional well-being
Chinese Mandarin 心理健康, 精神衛生 /精神卫生
  • 心理健康 (xīnlǐ jiànkāng)emotional well-being
  • 精神衛生 /精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng)emotional well-being
Dutch geestelijke gezondheid, mentale gezondheid
  • geestelijke gezondheidemotional well-being
  • mentale gezondheidemotional well-being
Finnish mielenterveys
  • mielenterveysemotional well-being
Hebrew בְּרִיאוּת נַפְשִׁית
  • בְּרִיאוּת נַפְשִׁית (bri'út nafshít)emotional well-being
Hindi मानसिक स्वास्थ्य
  • मानसिक स्वास्थ्य (mānsik svāsthya)emotional well-being
Hungarian mentális/lelki egészség
  • mentális/lelki egészségemotional well-being
Indonesian kesehatan jiwa
  • kesehatan jiwaemotional well-being
Portuguese saúde mental
  • saúde mentalemotional well-being
Russian душе́вное здоро́вье, психи́ческое здоро́вье
  • душе́вное здоро́вье (dušévnoje zdoróvʹje)emotional well-being
  • психи́ческое здоро́вье (psixíčeskoje zdoróvʹje)emotional well-being
Spanish salud mental
  • salud mentalemotional well-being
Swahili afya ya akili
  • afya ya akiliemotional well-being
Swedish psykisk hälsa
  • psykisk hälsaemotional well-being
Tagalog isipning lusog
  • isipning lusogemotional well-being
Vietnamese sức khoẻ tâm thần, sức khoẻ tinh thần
  • sức khoẻ tâm thầnemotional well-being
  • sức khoẻ tinh thầnemotional well-being
Welsh iechyd meddwl
  • iechyd meddwlemotional well-being
Cite this entry
APA

mental health. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20health

MLA

“mental health.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20health. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mental health,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20health.

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