Definitions

unconscious

[uhn-kon-shuhs] / ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs /

ADJECTIVE

not awake; out cold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comatose paralyzed senseless

STRONG

cold out raving

WEAK

benumbed blacked out bombed dead to the world drowsy entranced feeling no pain flattened in a trance inanimate inert insensate insensible knocked lethargic numb on the canvas out like a light palsied passed out put away stunned stupefied swooning torpid tranced zonked

Antonyms

WEAK

awake aware conscious decided intended intentional knowing

ADJECTIVE

ignorant; automatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

innate instinctive latent lost repressed subliminal suppressed

STRONG

accidental gut reflex subconscious

WEAK

inadvertent inattentive inherent involuntary unaware uncalculated undeliberate unheeding unintended unintentional unmindful unpremeditated unrealized unwitting

Antonyms

WEAK

awake aware conscious decided intended intentional knowing

Example Sentences

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Royer Perez-Jimenez was found "unconscious and unresponsive" on Monday at the Glades County Detention Center in Florida, according to a statement from ICE.

From BBC

For two months Mama lay unconscious on that bed, the five of us, with Nollie on the evening shift, taking turns at her side.

From Literature

Much that is worth reading has been written about consciousness and its silent partner, the unconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal

She had a cardiac arrest and underwent a tracheostomy while still unconscious and was given a 5% chance of survival.

From BBC

"I would have been a bit more compassionate towards Kaylem if he did stop and he did help my son who was lying there unconscious," Buckley said.

From BBC

unconscious

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