Synonyms for unconscious
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
1. Unaware — not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury)
unaware, insensible, senseless, out, oblivious, dead, blind, stunned, cold, mindless, under informal, insentient, incognizant, incognisant UK, unfeeling, insensate
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Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
- n. 1
That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.
Related words
- Word family
- unconsciousness
Forms
- Plural
- unconsciouses → subconsciouses…
Example sentences
- unaware Yanni was definitely unaware of what was going on.
- senseless Sami committed senseless acts in the name of love.
- oblivious Yanni was totally oblivious to the whole thing.
- insensible You seem to be insensible of their good intentions.
- involuntary Hiccups are involuntary contraction of the diaphragm.
- comatose Tom was once again comatose.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unconscious | rising | |
| unaware | rising | |
| senseless | rising | |
| oblivious | rising | |
| insensible | steady | |
| involuntary | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- out1
- 4 letters
- dead1, cold1
- 5 letters
- under2, blind1
- 7 letters
- unaware3, stunned1
- 8 letters
- mindless2, comatose3
- 9 letters
- senseless2, oblivious4, unfeeling3, insensate
- 10 letters
- insensible4, insentient
- 11 letters
- involuntary5, incognizant, incognisant
- 12 letters
- subconscious3, nonconscious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (under2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inconscient
- Italiano
- inconscio
- Deutsch
- unbewusst