conscious

Conscious is an adjective that simply means alert and awake. If you fall from a tree and smack your head on the side of the wheelbarrow, there's a good chance you won't be conscious afterward.

Conscious is a Latin word whose original meaning was “knowing" or "aware.” So a conscious person has an awareness of her environment and her own existence and thoughts. If you're "self-conscious," you're overly aware and even embarrassed by how you think you look or act. But that sounds better than being unconscious, or totally unaware and out of it.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: conscious

1	adj	knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
2	adj	intentionally conceived

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: conscious

1

adj knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts

“remained conscious during the operation”

“conscious of his faults”

“became conscious that he was being followed”

Synonyms: awake
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; self-aware, self-conscious
aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts; semiconscious
partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations; sentient
consciously perceiving; sensible, sensitive
able to feel or perceive; voluntary
of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled

Antonyms:: unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; asleep
in a state of sleep; incognizant, unaware
(often followed by `of') not aware; cold
unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; comatose
in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; innocent
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness; insensible, senseless
unresponsive to stimulation; KO'd, kayoed, knocked out, out, stunned
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow; nonconscious
concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; semicomatose
in a state of partial coma; subconscious
just below the level of consciousness; insensible
incapable of physical sensation; involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary
not subject to the control of the will; show more antonyms...

adj (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something

“few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance”

“conscious of having succeeded”

“"the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy”

Synonyms: aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception

2

adj intentionally conceived

“a conscious effort to speak more slowly”

“a conscious policy”

Synonyms:: witting

: intended
resulting from one's intentions

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conscious / conscience

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: conscious

adj knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts

adj (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something

adj intentionally conceived