Conscious

English

Adjective

Conscious (comparative more Conscious, superlative most Conscious)

1. alert, awake.
2. aware.
3. aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness

Adverbs for Conscious

fully; acutely; painfully; vividly; sharply; altogether; keenly; curiously; psychically; sorely; happily; uncomfortably;wretchedly; pleasantly; rapturously; in¬tensely; suddenly; poignantly; astutely; wholly; partially; slowly; wearily; actually; bitterly.

Antonyms for Conscious

asleep; unaware; unconscious

Related terms

conscience; consciously; consciousness; subconscious; unconscious; preconscious

Thesaurus

alert, alive, alive and kicking, alive to, all ears, all eyes, all-knowing, among the living, animate, animated, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, au courant, awake, aware, bashful, breathing, calculated, capable of life, careful, cognizant, comprehending, concentrated, confused, considered, contemplated, conversant, coy, deliberate, deliberated, demure, designed, diligent, earnest, endowed with life, enlivened, envisaged, envisioned, existent, finical, finicking, finicky, heedful, impressible, impressionable, impressive, in the flesh, inarticulate, insightful, inspirited, instinct with life, intelligent, intended, intense, intent, intentional, intentive, knowing, knowledgeable, live, living, long-lived, mannered, meant, meditated, meticulous, mindful, mousy, nice, niggling, noticing, observant, observing, of design, omniscient, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, perceiving, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, planned, prehensile, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, quick, receptive, regardful, sagacious, self-conscious, sensible, sensile, sensitive to, sentient, shamefaced, shamefast, shrewd, shy, skittish, stammering, studied, susceptible, susceptive, teleological, tenacious of life, timid, timorous, understanding, up, very much alive, viable, vigilant, vital, vivified, voluntary, watchful, wide-awake, willful, wise, witting, zoetic

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏn'shəs, IPA: /ˈkɒnʃəs/, SAMPA: /"kQnS@s/

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Etymology

From Latin conscius, itself from con- (a form of com-) 'together' + scire 'to know'

Translations

alert, awake

Bulgarian: , в съзнание (bg) Croatian: svjestan (hr) m. Czech: při (cs) vědomí (cs) Dutch: bij bewustzijn, alert, wakker Finnish: hereillä (fi), tajuissaan (fi) Italian: cosciente (it)

Polish: przytomny m., świadomy m. Russian: находяшийся (ru) (naxod'áš'ijs'a) в (ru) (v) сознании Slovak: pri (sk) vedomí (sk) Turkish: ayık (tr), uyanık (tr), farkında (tr)

aware

Bulgarian: , усещащ (bg), съзнаващ (bg) Czech: vědomý (cs) Dutch: bewust (nl) Finnish: tietoinen (fi) Hungarian: tudatos (hu)

Italian: cosciente (it), conscio (it) m. Russian: сознающий (ru) (soznajúš'ij) Scottish Gaelic: mothachail (gd) Slovak: vedomý (sk) Turkish: farkında (tr)

aware of one's own existence

Bulgarian: съзнателен (bg), осъзнат (bg) Irish: comhfhiosach (ga)

Italian: cosciente (it)

Translations

Albanian: vetëdijshëm Arabic: واعٍ Azeri: şüurlu Serbo-Croatian: svjestan Mandarin: 察觉 (chá jué) Serbo-Croatian: svestan Esperanto: konscia Estonian: teadlik French: conscient German: bewusst Greek: συνειδητός (syneidētós) Hebrew: בהכרה (be'hakara) (1); מודע (muda) Indonesian: sadar

Japanese: 意識した (いしき し た) (ishiki-shi-ta) Korean: 의식이 있는 (ŭisigi-issnŭn) Latvian: apzinīgs Norwegian: bevisst Persian: ﺩﺭﺍﻭ Portuguese: consciente Romanian: conştiinţă Serbo-Croatian: свестан (svestan) Spanish: consciente Swahili: jifahamu Swedish: medveten Thai: ที่รู้สึกหรือคิดได้ Turkish: bilinçli Ukrainian: свідомий (svidómij) Vietnamese: biết rõ Welsh: ymwybodol Yiddish: bavustsinik