Word.ws English Dictionary

in one's right mind

in one's right mind prepositional phrase: thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.
    • “[…] Is Mike Hartley in his right mind, do you think, sir?” inquired Sweeting, simply.
      “Can’t tell, Davy; he may be crazed or he may be only crafty—or, perhaps, a little of both.”1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Levitical”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 17
    • If you find she was not in her right mind, that she was the victim of insanity, hereditary or momentary, as it has been explained, your verdict will take that into account.1873, Mark Twain, chapter 56, in The Gilded Age
    Synonyms:
    sane

Synonyms of in one's right mind

Antonyms

Questions about in one's right mind

What does in one's right mind mean?
In one's right mind means thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.
What part of speech is in one's right mind?
In one's right mind is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in one's right mind in the dictionary

  1. in one's own little world
  2. in one's own right
  3. in one's own time
  4. in one's own world
  5. in one's pocket
  6. in one's right mind
  7. in one's sight
  8. in one's sights
  9. in one's sleeve
  10. in one's stead
  11. in one's teens

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in one's right mind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-in one's right mind.ogg.

Cite this entry: “in one's right mind.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/in_one%27s_right_mind. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.