conscious

About 26.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

   The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.

2. adjective Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.

   Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.

3. adjective Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.

   I was conscious of a noise behind me. a very class-conscious analysis

4. adjective Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
5. adjective Known or felt personally, internally by a person.

   conscious guilt

6. adjective Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.
7. noun The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.

Similar words

witting sentient intended self-conscious alert aware awake semiconscious mind awareness

Often followed by

of and that effort mind or awareness experience life

Word family

consciouses consciously