Antonyms for unconscious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-kon-shuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkɒn ʃəs |
Definition of unconscious
Origin :- 1712, "unaware, not marked by conscious thought," from un- (1) "not" + conscious. Meaning "temporarily insensible, knocked out" is recorded from 1860. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1884) is a loan-translation of German das Unbewusste. The adjective in this sense is recorded from 1912.
- adj not awake; out cold
- adj ignorant; automatic
- Yet his voice was unbroken and he was, indeed, unconscious of the tears.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- This was the effect of the unconscious influence of Harry Ashton.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- And last night he himself had carried down Wilson's unconscious figure.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The edge of the ice-cake had taken Tiakens under the chin and he was unconscious.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Evidently Donald's foot was caught and he was unconscious from the pain.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It is one of the strongest symptoms of love, that we are unconscious of its extent.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- At length she said, unconscious that she was speaking aloud, "But he is not my brother, after all!"
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- That sad and unconscious question went to the heart of Morton.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- "I didn't suppose you kept a place for me," he said, with an unconscious dignity.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- You're all unconscious of it, but I want you to realise it and know that I do, too.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
Synonyms for unconscious
- accidental
- benumbed
- blacked out
- bombed
- cold
- comatose
- dead to the world
- drowsy
- entranced
- feeling no pain
- flattened
- gut
- in a trance
- inadvertent
- inanimate
- inattentive
- inert
- inherent
- innate
- insensate
- insensible
- instinctive
- involuntary
- knocked
- latent
- lethargic
- lost
- numb
- on the canvas
- out
- out like a light
- palsied
- paralyzed
- passed out
- put away
- raving
- reflex
- repressed
- senseless
- stunned
- stupefied
- subconscious
- subliminal
- suppressed
- swooning
- torpid
- tranced
- unaware
- uncalculated
- undeliberate
- unheeding
- unintended
- unintentional
- unmindful
- unpremeditated
- unrealized
- unwitting
- zonked
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