conscious

1 of 2

adjective

con·scious ˈkän(t)-shəs How to pronounce conscious (audio)

: having mental faculties not dulled by sleep, faintness, or stupor : awake

became conscious after the anesthesia wore off

: perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation

conscious of having succeeded

was conscious that someone was watching

: personally felt

conscious guilt

: likely to notice, consider, or appraise

a bargain-conscious shopper

: being concerned or interested

a budget-conscious businessman

: marked by strong feelings or notions

a race-conscious society

: done or acting with critical awareness

a conscious effort to do better

: capable of or marked by thought, will, design, or perception

: self-conscious

archaic : sharing another's knowledge or awareness of an inward state or outward fact

consciously adverb

conscious

2 of 2

noun

: consciousness sense 5

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

Kids Definition

conscious

adjective

con·scious ˈkän-shəs How to pronounce conscious (audio)

: aware of facts, feelings, or some particular condition or situation

He … was painfully conscious of his many missing buttons.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

: known or felt by a person's inner self

conscious guilt

: mentally awake or active

He remained conscious following the accident.

: intentional

I made a conscious effort to be polite.

conscious

adjective

as in aware

having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind conscious of the fact that my hands were sweating the whole time that I was making my presentation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

aware
mindful
cognizant
regardful
apprehensive
sentient
sensible
witting
ware
careful
vigilant
wary
alive
cautious
watchful
attentive
heedful
observant
alert
hyperconscious
open-eyed
hyperaware
wide-awake
safe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unconscious
unaware
oblivious
unmindful
unwitting
insensible
careless
heedless
mindless
inattentive
incautious
unguarded
unwary
unheeding

as in deliberate

made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing a conscious effort to instill discord in the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

deliberate
voluntary
intentional
willed
intended
purposeful
willful
purposive
knowing
wilful
witting
planned
calculated
thoughtful
considered
designed
set
advised
premeditated
reasoned
studied
measured
discretionary
volunteer
weighed
elective
optional
premeditative
prepense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unintentional
inadvertent
accidental
unwitting
random
chance
incidental
haphazard
nondeliberate
sudden
aimless
necessary
involuntary
impetuous
nonpurposive
purposeless
instinctive
desultory
spontaneous
compulsory
mandatory
abrupt
forced
required
casual
impulsive
obligatory
hit-or-miss
nonelective
unpremeditated
extemporaneous
unforced
coerced
ordered
impromptu

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of conscious are alive, awake, aware, cognizant, and sensible. While all these words mean "having knowledge of something," conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.

conscious that my heart was pounding

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

alive to the thrill of danger

While in some cases nearly identical to conscious, awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.

a country always awake to the threat of invasion

In some situations, the words aware and conscious are roughly equivalent. However, aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.

aware of changes in climate

The synonyms cognizant and conscious are sometimes interchangeable, but cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.

not fully cognizant of the facts

The words sensible and conscious are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.

sensible of a teacher's influence

单词	conscious
释义	conscious 1 of 2 adjective con·scious ˈkän(t)-shəs 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 2 of 2 noun : consciousness sense 5 Synonyms Adjective alive apprehensive aware cognizant mindful sensible sentient ware witting See all Synonyms & Antonyms 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 Phrases Containing conscious eco-conscious self-conscious class-conscious unself-conscious hyper-conscious eco-conscious self-conscious class-conscious unself-conscious hyper-conscious Kids Definition conscious adjective con·scious ˈkän-shəs 1 : aware of facts, feelings, or some particular condition or situation He … was painfully conscious of his many missing buttons. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit 2 : known or felt by a person's inner self conscious guilt 3 : mentally awake or active He remained conscious following the accident. 4 : intentional I made a conscious effort to be polite. Medical Definition conscious 1 of 2 adjective con·scious ˈkän-chəs 1 : capable of or marked by thought, will, design, or perception : relating to, being, or being part of consciousness the conscious mind conscious and unconscious processes 2 : having mental faculties undulled by sleep, faintness, or stupor became conscious after the anesthesia wore off conscious 2 of 2 noun : consciousness sense 3 conscious adjective 1 as in aware having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind conscious of the fact that my hands were sweating the whole time that I was making my presentation Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance aware mindful cognizant regardful apprehensive sentient sensible witting ware careful vigilant wary alive cautious watchful attentive heedful observant alert hyperconscious open-eyed hyperaware wide-awake safe Antonyms & Near Antonyms unconscious unaware oblivious unmindful unwitting insensible careless heedless mindless inattentive incautious unguarded unwary unheeding See More 2 as in deliberate made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing a conscious effort to instill discord in the family Synonyms & Similar Words deliberate voluntary intentional willed intended purposeful willful purposive knowing wilful witting planned calculated thoughtful considered designed set advised premeditated reasoned studied measured discretionary volunteer weighed elective optional premeditative prepense Antonyms & Near Antonyms unintentional inadvertent accidental unwitting random chance incidental haphazard nondeliberate sudden aimless necessary involuntary impetuous nonpurposive purposeless instinctive desultory spontaneous compulsory mandatory abrupt forced required casual impulsive obligatory hit-or-miss nonelective unpremeditated extemporaneous unforced coerced ordered impromptu See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of conscious are alive, awake, aware, cognizant, and sensible. While all these words mean "having knowledge of something," conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it. conscious that my heart was pounding Alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something. alive to the thrill of danger While in some cases nearly identical to conscious, awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert. a country always awake to the threat of invasion In some situations, the words aware and conscious are roughly equivalent. However, aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences. aware of changes in climate The synonyms cognizant and conscious are sometimes interchangeable, but cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources. not fully cognizant of the facts The words sensible and conscious are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities. sensible of a teacher's influence
随便看	keep a civil tongue keep a close check on keep a close eye keep a close watch keep a close watch over keep a close watch/eye keep a cool head keep a diary keep a level head keep a lid on keep a lookout for keep a rein on keep a secret keep a sharp eye on keep a straight face keep a watch out for keep a watchful eye on keep a watchful eye on (someone or something) keep a watchful eye on someone or something keep a weather eye on keep abreast of keep after keep ahead of the field keep an eagle eye on keep an eye on

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