Word Study
conscious
CIDE DICTIONARY
conscious, a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience.].
- Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. [1913 Webster]"Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought." [1913 Webster]
- Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. [1913 Webster]"Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt." [1913 Webster]"The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing." [1913 Webster]
- Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt. [1913 Webster]"With conscious terrors vex me round."
Syn. -- Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conscious, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 awake and aware of one's surroundings and identity.
2 (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) aware, knowing (conscious of his inferiority).
3 (of actions, emotions, etc.) realized or recognized by the doer; intentional (made a conscious effort not to laugh).
4 (in comb.) aware of; concerned with (appearance-conscious).
--n. (prec. by the) the conscious mind.
--adj.
1 awake and aware of one's surroundings and identity.
2 (usu. foll. by of, or that + clause) aware, knowing (conscious of his inferiority).
3 (of actions, emotions, etc.) realized or recognized by the doer; intentional (made a conscious effort not to laugh).
4 (in comb.) aware of; concerned with (appearance-conscious).
--n. (prec. by the) the conscious mind.
Derivative
consciously adv.
Etymology
L conscius knowing with others or in oneself f. conscire (as com-, scire know)
THESAURUS
conscious
aboveground, advertent, advised, agog, aimed, aimed at, alert, alive, alive and kicking, alive to, all ears, all eyes, all-knowing, among the living, animate, animated, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, assiduous, attentive, au courant, awake, aware, bashful, breathing, calculated, capable of life, careful, cognizant, comprehending, concentrated, confused, considered, contemplated, conversant, coy, deliberate, deliberated, demure, designed, diligent, earnest, endowed with life, enlivened, envisaged, envisioned, existent, finical, finicking, finicky, heedful, impressible, impressionable, impressive, in the flesh, inarticulate, insightful, inspirited, instinct with life, intelligent, intended, intense, intent, intentional, intentive, knowing, knowledgeable, live, living, long-lived, mannered, meant, meditated, meticulous, mindful, mousy, nice, niggling, noticing, observant, observing, of design, omniscient, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, perceiving, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, planned, prehensile, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, quick, receptive, regardful, sagacious, self-conscious, sensible, sensile, sensitive to, sentient, shamefaced, shamefast, shrewd, shy, skittish, stammering, studied, susceptible, susceptive, teleological, tenacious of life, timid, timorous, understanding, up, very much alive, viable, vigilant, vital, vivified, voluntary, watchful, wide-awake, willful, wise, witting, zoeticROGET THESAURUS
conscious
Physical Sensibility
N physical sensibility, sensibility, sensitiveness, physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics, moral sensibility, sensation, impression, consciousness, external senses, sensible, sensitive, sensuous, aesthetic, perceptive, sentient, conscious, acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned, to the quick, the touch'd needle trembles to the pole.For further exploring for "conscious" in Webster Dictionary Online
