headspace
What is the opposite of headspace? Here is what we hold, with its meaning and related words.
Noun — A person's mental or emotional state, especially their capacity to cope with something at a particular moment.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun informal
A person's mental or emotional state, especially their capacity to cope with something at a particular moment.
“I'm not in the right headspace to talk about this tonight.”
How to use headspace
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
in a good headspace
the right headspace
clear some headspace
give me headspace
The mental sense is informal but extremely common in everyday speech, therapy and wellbeing writing. The container and clearance senses are technical and neutral.
Etymology
From head + space.
Full origin of headspace →Frequently asked questions
What does it mean to be in a bad headspace?
It means your mental state is low or unsettled — anxious, distracted, low in mood or overwhelmed — rather than that anything specific has happened. People use it to signal that they are struggling to think clearly or cope, without going into detail.
What is the difference between headspace and headroom?
Headroom is almost always physical: the clearance above your head, or spare capacity in a budget or an audio signal. Headspace covers that physical sense too but is far more often used for mental state, which headroom never is.
