conscious
adjective
[ ˈkɒnʃəs ]
• aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
• "although I was in pain, I was conscious"
Similar:
aware,
awake,
wide awake,
compos mentis,
alert,
responsive,
reactive,
feeling,
sentient,
aware of,
alive to,
awake to,
alert to,
sensitive to,
cognizant of,
mindful of,
sensible of,
wise to,
in the know about,
hip to,
ware of,
seized of,
recognizant of,
regardful of,
• having knowledge of something.
• "we are conscious of the extent of the problem"
• (of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional.
• "a conscious effort to walk properly"
Similar:
deliberate,
intentional,
intended,
done on purpose,
purposeful,
purposive,
willed,
knowing,
considered,
studied,
strategic,
calculated,
wilful,
premeditated,
planned,
pre-planned,
preconceived,
volitional,
aforethought,
prepense,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘being aware of wrongdoing’): from Latin conscius ‘knowing with others or in oneself’ (from conscire ‘be privy to’) + -ous.
