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Conscious

Conscious Meaning & Definition
Conscious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conscious?

[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"
[adj] intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Conscious: alert | awake(p) | intended | self-conscious | semiconscious | sentient | witting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Conscious: aboveground | advertent | advised | agog | aimed | aimed at | 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

See Also | aware(p) | sensible | sensitive | voluntary

Conscious In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"scious\, a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See {Conscience}.] 1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. --I. Watts. 2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. --Hawthorne. The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. --De Quincey. 3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt. With conscious terrors vex me round. --Milton. Syn: Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.

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