consciousness
/kˈɑnʃʌsnʌs/noun3 syllables
Consciousness means: having knowledge of.
Synonyms for consciousness4
noun, as in having knowledge of
Opposites of consciousness
unconsciousness
What does consciousness mean?2
noun
1
having knowledge of“he had no awareness of his mistakes”
2
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation“he lost consciousness”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Consciousness in a sentence
- The boxer finally recovered consciousness, ten minutes after he had been knocked out.unknown
- Consciousness is still a mystery, for both science and philosophy.carlosalberto
- Her vision blurred, she lost consciousness and passed out in his arms.felidad
- Death is the irreversible loss of consciousness – the final faint, the ultimate eclipse.carlosalberto
- A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.carlosalberto
- Ten minutes after the knockout, the boxer regained consciousness.CM
- Like dolphins or hominids, elephants also have a consciousness of self.Objectivesea
- When he regained consciousness, he was lying in the park.sundown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of consciousness
as a noun
- plural
- consciousnesses