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conscious

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adjalert, awake

adjintentional

Word Origin & History

c.1600, "knowing, privy to," from Latin conscius "knowing, aware," from conscire (see conscience); probably a loan-translation of Greek syneidos. A word adopted from the Latin poets and much mocked at first. Sense of "active and awake" is from 1837.

Example Sentences for conscious

And yet all the while we have been conscious that we were not part of it.

The moment a man begins to be conscious of an audience he is artistically damned.

Unless we were conscious of the energies such a call would not reach us.

There speaks the sophisticated and conscious literary technician!

He was conscious of a feeling of failure when he left her at last.

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Synonyms for conscious

adj alert, awake

attentive
aware
certain
cognizant
informed
keen
mindful
responsive
sensible
sure
vigilant
watchful
able to recognize
acquainted
aesthetic
alive to
apperceptive
apprised
assured
au courant
conversant
discerning
felt
hep to
in on
in right mind
knowing
known
noticing
noting
observing
on to
perceiving
percipient
recognizing
remarking
seeing
sensitive to
sentient
supraliminal
understanding
wise to
with it
witting

Antonyms for conscious

careless
doubtful
dubious
heedless
ignorant
inattentive
indiscreet
insensitive
negligent
unaware
uncertain
unconfident
uninformed
unknowledgeable
unsure
impassive
indifferent
not deliberate
senseless
unconscious
unfeeling
unintentional
unmindful
unresponsive
unstudied

More words related to conscious

alive

adjective. being animately existent

animate
around
awake
breathing
cognizant
conscious
dynamic
existing
extant
functioning
growing
knowing
live
living
mortal
operative
running
subsisting
viable
vital
working
zoetic

appreciative

adjective. understanding, recognizing worth

admiring
affectionate
alive
aware
cognizant
conscious
considerate
cooperative
cordial
enlightened
enthusiastic
favorable
friendly
generous
keen
kindly
knowledgeable
magnanimous
mindful
perceptive
pleased
receptive
regardful
respectful
responsive
satisfied
sensitive
supportive
sympathetic
understanding

aware

adjective. knowledgeable

acquainted
alert
alive
appraised
appreciative
apprehensive
apprised
attentive
au courant
awake
cognizant
conscious
cool
enlightened
familiar
go-go
groovy
grounded
heedful
hip
in the know
in the picture
informed
into
know the score
know what's what
know-how
knowing
latched on
mindful
on the beam
on to
perceptive
plugged in
receptive
savvy
sensible
sentient
sharp
tuned in
up on
wise
wise to
wised up
with it

breathing

adjective. alive

animate
awake
conscious
functioning
living

cognizant

adjective. aware

acquainted
alive
apprehensive
au courant
awake
conscious
conversant
down with
familiar
grounded
hep to
hip to
in on
in the know
in the picture
informed
judicious
knowing
knowledgeable
observant
on the beam
on to
perceptive
plugged in
savvy
sensible
sentient
tuned in
up on
versed
wise to
with it
witting

conversant

adjective. experienced, familiar with

abreast
acquainted
alive
apprehensive
au courant
au fait
aware
cognizant
comprehending
conscious
cool
down with
hep
hip
informed
into
kept posted
knowing
knowledgeable
learned
on the beam
perceptive
percipient
plugged in
practiced
proficient
sensible
sentient
skilled
up
up-to-date
versant
versed
well-informed
witting

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