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unconscious

/ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/noun, adjective3 syllables

Unconscious means: not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead.

Synonyms for unconscious31

noun, as in that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

unconscious mind

adjective, as in not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

cold, comatose, innocent, insensible, senseless, out of it, knocked out, kayoed, KO'd, out, stunned, nonconscious, semicomatose, subconscious
and 6 more, asleep, involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary, unaware, incognizant

adjective, as in without conscious volition

involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary

adjective, as in (followed by ‘of’) not knowing or perceiving

unaware, incognizant

also used for unconscious

insentient, oblivious, out on one's feet, down for the count, under, lost to the world, in the zone, on a roll, subconsciousness, subconscious mind

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Opposites of unconscious

conscious

What does unconscious mean?4

adjective

1

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead“lay unconscious on the floor”

2

without conscious volition

3

(followed by ‘of’) not knowing or perceiving“happily unconscious of the new calamity at home”

noun

1

that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with unconscious?2

two syllables

conscious

three syllables

subconscious
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Unconscious in a sentence

  • If the patient is unconscious, the family can make the decision.CK
  • If the patient is unconscious, the family can decide.Lebensfreude
  • She saw her daughter lying on the sidewalk, unconscious.Amastan
  • The poor man was stretched out on the ground, unconscious.zumley
  • Sami was lying on the floor, unconscious and face down.OsoHombre
  • He was evidently unconscious, doubtless in an anaesthetised sleep.Cangarejo
  • People who are unconscious can't say they want to die.speedwell
  • Sometimes machines can make an unconscious person breathe for years.zumley

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Forms of unconscious

as a noun

plural
unconsciouses