Entry Word: unconscious

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having lost consciousness <the guard was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head>

Synonyms cold, insensible, senseless

Related Words semiconscious; anesthetized

Near Antonyms alert, awake, aware, up

Antonyms conscious

2 not informed about or aware of something <unconscious of the somber expression she wore> — see ignorant 2