psych

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal, uncountable) Psychology or psychiatry.
2. (countable, informal) A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) A psychiatric hospital; psychiatric treatment.

Adj

1. (informal) Psychedelic.
2. (informal) Psychiatric.

Verb

1. (informal, reflexive, transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
2. (informal, transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
3. (informal, transitive) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Intj

1. (dated, informal, slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor.
2. (dated, informal, slang) An interjection of surprised happiness.

Synonyms

psychiatry

psychology

psychological

psychologist

psych-

psychiatrist

psych.

psychoanalyst

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪk/

Etymology

Clipping.