Main entry: conscious
Definition: knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
Usage: remained conscious during the operation; conscious of his faults; became conscious that he was being followed
Antonyms: unconscious
Definition: not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
Antonyms: insensate, insentient
Definition: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
Main entry: conscious, witting
Definition: intentionally conceived
Usage: a conscious effort to speak more slowly; a conscious policy
Antonyms: unintended
Definition: not deliberate
Main entry: 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
Antonyms: incognizant, unaware
Definition: (often followed by `of') not aware