Psych vs. Psyche

Psychnoun

Psychology or psychiatry.

Psychnoun

A psychologist; a psychiatrist.

Psychadjective

(informal) Psychedelic.

Psychadjective

(informal) Psychiatric.

Psychverb

To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).

Psychverb

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).

Psychverb

To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Psychinterjection

(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.

Psychinterjection

An interjection of surprised happiness. Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!

Psychverb

mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion

Psychverb

excited and full of anticipation

Psychverb

analyse (something) in psychological terms

Psychverb

subject (someone) to psychological investigation or psychotherapy

Psychverb

make a psychic bid.

Psychnoun

short for psychiatry or psychology

Psychnoun

a psychic bid.

Psychadjective

short for psychiatric

Psychadjective

short for psychedelic

Psych

Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television. The series stars James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities.

Psychenoun

The human soul, mind, or spirit.

Psychenoun

(entomology) A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.

Psycheinterjection

(colloquial) Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

Psycheverb

(transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.

Psycheverb

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.

Psycheverb

To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Psychenoun

A lovely maiden, daughter of a king and mistress of Eros, or Cupid. She is regarded as the personification of the soul.

Psychenoun

The soul; the vital principle; the mind.

Psychenoun

A cheval glass.

Psychenoun

(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

Psychenoun

a Hellenistic personification of the soul as female, or sometimes as a butterfly. The allegory of Psyche's love for Cupid is told in The Golden Ass by Apuleius.

Psycheverb

variant spelling of psych