This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
mental age
See the most commonly confused word associated with mental age
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun Psychology.
the level of native mental ability or capacity of an individual, usually as determined by an intelligence test, in relation to the chronological age of the average individual at this level: a ten-year-old child with the mental age of a twelve-year-old; a mental age of twelve.
COMPARE MEANINGS
Click for a side-by-side comparison of meanings. Use the word comparison feature to learn the differences between similar and commonly confused words.
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.
Question 1 of 7
âWasâ is used for the indicative past tense of âto be,â and âwereâ is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Compare achievement age.
Origin of mental age
First recorded in 1910â15
Words nearby mental age
mensuration, mensurative, menswear, -ment, mental, mental age, mental artery, mental block, mental cruelty, mental deficiency, mental disease
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
How to use mental age in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for mental age
mental age
noun
psychol the mental ability of a child, expressed in years and based on a comparison of his test performance with the performance of children with a range of chronological agesSee also intelligence quotient
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for mental age
mental age
n.
A measure of mental development as determined by intelligence tests, generally restricted to children and expressed as the age at which that level is typically attained.
The American HeritageÂź Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.