Word Study
subconscious
CIDE DICTIONARY
subconscious, a.
- Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul. [1913 Webster]
- Partially conscious; feebly conscious. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
subconscious, adj. & n.
--adj. of or concerning the part of the mind which is not fully conscious but influences actions etc.
--n. this part of the mind.
--adj. of or concerning the part of the mind which is not fully conscious but influences actions etc.
--n. this part of the mind.
Derivative
subconsciously adv. subconsciousness n.
THESAURUS
subconscious
Freudian, anima, coconscious, collective unconscious, conscience, conscious self, death instinct, deep-rooted, deepest mind, ego, ego ideal, ego-id conflict, ethical self, foreconscious, heart, hidden, id, inmost heart, inner, inner man, inner self, innermost, latent, libidinal energy, libido, mind, motive force, persona, personality, pleasure principle, preconscious, primitive self, psyche, psychic apparatus, racial unconscious, repressed, self, subconscious mind, subliminal, subliminal self, submerged mind, superego, suppressed, unconscious, unconscious mind, underlying, vital impulseROGET THESAURUS
subconscious
Intellect
N intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.For further exploring for "subconscious" in Webster Dictionary Online