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conscious

[kon-shuhs] / ˈkɒn ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
alert, awake
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attentive aware certain cognizant informed keen mindful responsive sensible sure vigilant watchful
WEAK
able to recognize acquainted aesthetic alive to apperceptive apprised assured au courant conversant discerning hep to in on in right mind knowing noticing noting observing on to perceiving percipient recognizing remarking seeing sensitive to sentient supraliminal understanding wise to with it witting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless heedless ignorant inattentive unaware uncertain unconfident uninformed unsure
WEAK
indifferent unconscious unintentional unresponsive unstudied
ADJECTIVE
intentional
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated deliberate premeditated rational reflective responsible self-conscious
WEAK
affected knowing mannered reasoning studied willful
Antonyms
WEAK
impassive indifferent not deliberate senseless unaware unconscious unfeeling unintentional unmindful unresponsive unstudied

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To disengage, drivers have to press a button to the lower left of the steering wheel—an act of conscious hyperconsumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"They're making a conscious decision to not go into Google, even though it's got built-in AI, and are actually going into ChatGPT."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

First is the difficulty of fully reducing conscious experience to physical brain mechanisms.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

James Madison felt the ambitions and vanities of men must be countered and balanced through conscious governmental structures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Boaz had noticed him lurking in the very back row of the sanctuary when he had arrived but had made a conscious effort to ignore him.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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