'Conscious' definitions:
Definition of 'conscious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious, witting]
adjective
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" [ant: unconscious]
adjective
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy
Definition of 'Conscious'
From: GCIDE
- Conscious \Con"scious\, a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience.]
- 1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. [1913 Webster]
- Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. [1913 Webster]
- Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt. [1913 Webster]
- With conscious terrors vex me round. --Milton.
- Syn: Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conscious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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