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conscious

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adjective

con·​scious ˈkän(t)-shəs How to pronounce conscious (audio)
1
: having mental faculties not dulled by sleep, faintness, or stupor : awake
became conscious after the anesthesia wore off
2
: perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation
conscious of having succeeded
was conscious that someone was watching
3
: personally felt
conscious guilt
4
a
: likely to notice, consider, or appraise
a bargain-conscious shopper
b
: being concerned or interested
a budget-conscious businessman
c
: marked by strong feelings or notions
a race-conscious society
5
: done or acting with critical awareness
a conscious effort to do better
6
: capable of or marked by thought, will, design, or perception
7
: self-conscious
8
archaic : sharing another's knowledge or awareness of an inward state or outward fact
consciously adverb

conscious

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noun

: consciousness sense 5

Synonyms

Adjective

Choose the Right Synonym for conscious

aware, cognizant, conscious, sensible, alive, awake mean having knowledge of something.

aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.

aware of changes in climate

cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.

not fully cognizant of the facts

conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.

conscious that my heart was pounding

sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.

sensible of a teacher's influence

alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something.

alive to the thrill of danger

awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.

a country always awake to the threat of invasion

Example Sentences

Adjective The chances of being admitted conscious to a hospital without being pressed to produce a living will, have become virtually nil … Joan Didion, New York Review of Books, 9 June 2005 "Was she good-looking?" "Actually, my conscious mind no longer remembers anything about her physical appearance. She went the way of my seventh-grade French." Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan's Week, 1994 Incidentally, neither my mother nor I was conscious of any rudeness. Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being, 1979 Bilbo bowed. He had no hat to take off, and was painfully conscious of his many missing buttons. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 1937 Is the patient conscious yet? He was fully conscious when we found him. the capacity for conscious thought Noun For myself, ever since 1922, when I saw my first picture, films have been barreling through my conscious to my unconscious, but insofar as they remain in my conscious, they get themselves arranged in hierarchies of value and, more important, affection. Stanley Kauffmann, Before My Eyes, (1974) 1980 See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The Bank of England's delayed meeting will be keenly eyed, as global central banks race to raise interest rates fast enough to bring inflation under control, while conscious of the risk of inflicting further economic pain. Will Horner, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Sue has been beside her at each step, and the two have bettered each other while staying conscious of their roles. BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Filter for carb conscious meals, gluten-free options, vegetarian offerings and calorie-smart picks. Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2022 Officials said the city will go case-by-case, but will be more gender and race conscious during bidding and requests for proposals. Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Like anything else of great human merit, the key for turning empathy into compassion is to use your conscious faculties to push beyond your feelings. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 Also, remain conscious of any materials that could pose hazards to your baby while in use. Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 This episode features Dorian Morris of Undefined Beauty a conscious skincare line. Essence, 2 Sep. 2022 The design kept viewers aware of theatrical artifice, conscious of how Petra acts — manipulating her sycophants and a new, young lover. Armond White, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022
Noun
My friends who are in-the-know and value-conscious have sung praises of the chain for years, and my frugal-shopping mom has been a regular since ALDI opened in my hometown in the 1990s. NBC News, 15 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Noun

Latin conscius, from com- + scire to know

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of conscious was circa 1600

Phrases Containing conscious

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