NOUN | cognition | consciousness | an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation |
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cognition | consciousness, awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness | having knowledge of |
Sounds | kaa'nshahsnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation. | |
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Example | "he lost consciousness" | |
Narrower | awareness, sentience | state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness |
self, ego | Your consciousness of your own identity | |
sensibility, esthesia, aesthesia | mental responsiveness and awareness | |
stream of consciousness | The continuous flow of ideas and feelings that constitute an individual's conscious experience | |
waking | The state of remaining awake | |
Broader | cognitive state, state of mind | The state of a person's cognitive processes |
Opposite | unconsciousness | A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment |
Spanish | conciencia, conocimiento, consciencia, consciente, sentido | |
Catalan | coneixement, consciència | |
Adjectives | conscious | knowing / knowing and perceiving |
conscious | intentionally conceived |
Meaning | Having knowledge of. | |
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Example | "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced" | |
Synonyms | awareness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness | |
Attributes | aware, cognizant, cognisant | (sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception |
unaware, incognizant | (often followed by 'of') not aware / aware | |
Narrower | feel | An intuitive awareness |
self-awareness | awareness of your own individuality | |
sense | A general conscious awareness | |
Broader | knowing | A clear and certain mental apprehension |
Opposite | incognizance | A lack of knowledge or recognition |
Spanish | conciencia, conocimiento | |
Catalan | coneixement, consciència | |
Adjectives | conscious | (followed by 'of') showing realization or recognition of something |
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