Synonyms for consciousness
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Noun
1. Awareness
awareness, mind, perception, wakefulness, intellect, sense, sensation, knowledge, knowingness, intelligence, feeling, cognizance, cognisance UK, apprehension
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- consciousnesses → awarenesses, minds, perceptions, wakefulnesses…
Example sentences
- awareness The street had a charity run for cancer awareness.
- perception Generous behavior reduces the perception of pain.
- intellect Your people know that I have a superior intellect.
- wakefulness I was, as it were, between sleep and wakefulness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| consciousness | rising | |
| awareness | rising | |
| perception | rising | |
| intellect | steady | |
| wakefulness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mind1
- 5 letters
- sense1
- 7 letters
- feeling2
- 9 letters
- knowledge2, awareness3, sensation3, intellect3
- 10 letters
- perception3, cognizance3, cognisance, witfulness
- 11 letters
- wakefulness, knowingness
- 12 letters
- intelligence4, apprehension4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feeling2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- conscience
- Italiano
- coscienza
- Español
- conciencia
- Català
- consciència