headspace

1. (informal) One's capacity for mental activity modeled as a physical space with limits; one's mental state or state of mind.Examples: "Meronym: mindshare"; "It's like, I need to clear my headspace but I can't do that with him around because he's just ego, you know? He dumps on me. So that's it."; "Harry looked pained. "Please don't let me out of here. I really don't have the headspace for the moral implications of any of that right now. But as I was saying," he did so hate to be interrupted, it was the lecturing academic in him, "if I wanted a third girlfriend, I'd choose from the pool of non-murderers.""Synonyms: brainspacecountableinformaluncountable

2. (informal) Time and opportunity for reflection and thinking.Examples: "As a business owner, a truly effective business owner that is building a profitable business machine, you need headspace, thinking time, planning time, brainstorming time, education time, decision making time, questioning time and more thinking time."countableinformaluncountable

3. (firearms) The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.countableuncountable

4. (chemistry) The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile liquid in a sample.countableuncountable

5. (multiplicity slang) A place within a person (singlet or multiple) that they can visit or inhabit.Synonyms: wonderlandcountableuncountable