Noun
nous -
common sense; "she has great social nous"
common sense ,
good sense ,
horse sense ,
mother wit ,
gumption ,
sense sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common" ; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" ; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
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"
mind ,
head ,
brain ,
psyche
cognition ,
knowledge ,
noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noddle an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your noddle"
tabula rasa a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)
ego (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
unconscious ,
unconscious mind that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
