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Synonyms & Antonyms for conscious
Synonyms: Adjective
alive, apprehensive, aware, cognizant, mindful, sensible, sentient, ware, witting
Antonyms: Adjective
insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting
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Examples of conscious in a Sentence
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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 thoughtNoun
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) 1980Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
First responders arrived on scene around 4:40 a.m. Friday to the Biscayne at City View Apartment Complex at the 17000 block of Imperial Valley Drive on reports of person down in the parking lot, who appeared to be not breathing and not conscious. — Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, "Man's body found lying face down in Greenspoint apartment complex," 30 Aug. 2019 Many are starting to look past lithium ion batteries, in hopes of finding battery materials that would be less wasteful and more environmentally conscious. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Lithium Metal Could Soon Replace Lithium Ion in Batteries," 29 Aug. 2019 And framing it as a revolutionary concept meant to pander to millennials potentially does a disservice to the conscious-capitalism movement. — Lila Maclellan, Quartz at Work, "Responsible capitalism is not a form of millennial pandering," 24 Aug. 2019 For the wallet-conscious, Biossance Squalane + Marine Algae Eye Cream ($54; sephora.com) is a solid alternative. — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, "Ashley Graham Swears By These 5 Anti-Aging Products for Radiant Skin," 22 Aug. 2019 When Allbirds set out to reinvent footwear in 2014, it couldn’t have anticipated that its shoes would become a staple in the modern eco-conscious person’s wardrobe. — Wired, "Allbirds Steps Into Apparel with Sustainable Socks," 13 Aug. 2019 But the whole concept is to get people to think about it, be conscious about it. — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, "Midway Moments: Here’s the scoop on edible spoons at the O.C. Fair," 3 Aug. 2019 The best budget cordless vacuums Shark Navigator Freestyle ($119.99; target.com) The Shark Navigator Freestyle has 3,000 5-star reviews and is a very popular budget-conscious choice. — Julianne Ross, CNN Underscored, "Cordless vacuums are stronger than ever — shop the best picks for your budget," 29 July 2019 Other research has suggested that trying not to think about racial stereotypes makes people more conscious of them, sometimes to the point of distraction and anxiety. — Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, "The Strange Appeal of Perverse Actions," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conscious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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