Synonyms: cognisant, cognizant, aware
Definition: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
Usage: was aware of his opponent's hostility; became aware of her surroundings; aware that he had exceeded the speed limit
Similar words: awake, alert, alive
Definition: mentally perceptive and responsive
Usage: an alert mind; alert to the problems; alive to what is going on; awake to the dangers of her situation; was now awake to the reality of his predicament
Similar words: conscious
Definition: (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
Usage: few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance; conscious of having succeeded; the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load- Thomas Hardy
Similar words: sensible
Definition: aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
Usage: made sensible of his mistakes; I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling- Henry Hallam; sensible that a good deal more is still to be done- Edmund Burke
Definition: bearing in mind; attentive to
Usage: ever mindful of her health; mindful of his responsibilities; mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action
Similar words: heedful, careful
Definition: cautiously attentive
Usage: careful of her feelings; heedful of his father's advice
Similar words: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant
Definition: serving to bring to mind
Usage: cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note- Wilder Hobson; a campaign redolent of machine politics