brief, passing
special
earliest, first
The earliest mention of the town is in a 16th-century manuscript.

particular, specific
explicit
No explicit mention of a sexual relationship is made.

little, scant
There is scant mention of her in the literature.

mere
The mere mention of his name brings a smile to my face.

honourable/honorable
media (esp. AmE)
The company racked up two billion media mentions in 2002.

deserve, merit, rate, warrant
My cousin deserves a mention for all his hard work.
The war barely rates a mention in this book.

earn
get, receive
His professor gets a mention in the acknowledgements.

make
Special mention must be made of Watson's wonderful performance as the doctor.

give sb
Andrew Divoff is given special mention.

avoid, omit
The author omitted any mention of the report.

hear
I've heard no mention of a salary increase this year.

at the mention of
At the very mention of his name, Kate started shaking with fright.

already, earlier, just, previously, so far
As already mentioned, the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.
This aspect is discussed further by Crane, whom I mentioned earlier.
All the approaches mentioned so far are fairly conventional.

commonly, frequently
rarely, seldom
never
He's never mentioned you before.

briefly, in passing
He only mentioned his work in passing.

casually
I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working in Florida.

directly, explicitly, expressly, specifically
She did not specifically mention your name.

publicly
He was the first to publicly mention this.

repeatedly
The same places are repeatedly mentioned in the data.

barely, hardly, scarcely (esp. BrE)
not actually, not at all
Although she didn't actually mention the move, I am sure that was in her mind.
My name wasn't mentioned at all.

not bother to, fail to, forget to, neglect to, omit to
hesitate to
I hesitate to mention it, but …

care to
more hours than I care to mention

happen to
Did he happen to mention putting you in his will?

remember to, think to
I just never thought to mention it to you.

as
Next spring has been mentioned as a possible time for the event.

in
She didn't mention the economy in her speech.

in connection with
His name had been mentioned in connection with the murder of a local man.

to
Please don't mention this to Sally.

avoid mentioning sb/sth
He avoided mentioning his family.

be worth mentioning sth
At this point, it is worth mentioning that many people who were adopted as babies have no desire to meet their biological parents.

mentioned above, mentioned below
In the example mentioned above, either method of construction could have been used.

mentioned in dispatches (esp. BrE)
Wounded in action, he was twice mentioned in dispatches.

mention the fact that …
Did I mention the fact that I'm now single?

not to mention (= used to add extra information)
He has two big houses, not to mention his city apartment.

come to mention it, now you come to mention it, now you mention it (all esp. BrE)
Now that you come to mention it, he did say something about a ghost.

to mention but a few, to mention just a few
plumbers, printers and potters, to mention but a few

Mention is used with these nouns as the subject:
article, report

Mention is used with these nouns as the object:
name, word