cognizant
adjective
Synonyms
- alive
- apprehensive
- aware
- conscious
- mindful
- sensible
- sentient
- ware
- witting
Example Sentences
Jody Berger, ESPN, 14 June 1999 … the idea of a machine cognizant of that human Achilles' heel, emotion, can conjure more sinister images—like HAL, the savvy, menacing computer in "2001," whose fear that he would be unplugged led him to kill all but one of the crew members on a space mission. Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 1997 … to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such. Abraham Lincoln, letter, 13 Oct. 1849 He is cognizant of his duties as a father. not fully cognizant of the details of the trade agreement Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 Moving forward, there is a need for medical professionals to be more cognizant of how weight is distributed and other factors that come into play, experts say. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 O’Ward, 23, learned his lesson and has been more cognizant of his wellbeing in his third full season. Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022 Merluzzi said that both employers and workers should be more cognizant of the myriad biases facing women workers. Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Even the casual user in this area is quite cognizant of the variety of traffic and uses concentrated here. Star Tribune, 16 May 2021 Yang is cognizant of the change, however, and provides his thoughts in an anecdote regarding a conversation with cast member Sarah Sherman. Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022 Investigators and courts are cognizant of the real-world implications of public searches, said Ms. Lonergan of Wilson Sonsini. Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 That’s something that Counsell and company are cognizant of and encourage the players to process. Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
cogniz(ance) + -ant entry 2
1820, in the meaning defined above
cognizant
adjective
Synonyms & Similar Words
- aware
- conscious
- mindful
- regardful
- apprehensive
- sentient
- wary
- ware
- witting
- vigilant
- sensible
- cautious
- careful
- alive
- watchful
- observant
- heedful
- attentive
- alert
- hyperaware
- open-eyed
- hyperconscious
- wide-awake
- safe
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unaware
- oblivious
- unmindful
- unconscious
- unwitting
- insensible
- careless
- heedless
- inattentive
- incautious
- mindless
- unguarded
- unwary
- unheeding
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of cognizant are alive, awake, aware, conscious, and sensible. While all these words mean "having knowledge of something," cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.
Alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something.
The words awake and cognizant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.
The meanings of aware and cognizant largely overlap; however, aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.
Although the words conscious and cognizant have much in common, conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.
While in some cases nearly identical to cognizant, sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.