Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun psyche

3 senses of psyche

Sense 1
mind, head, brain, psyche, 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")
       => cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)

Sense 2
soul, psyche -- (the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life)
       => spirit -- (the vital principle or animating force within living things)

Sense 3
Psyche -- ((Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)