Synonyms of consciously

consciously

adverb

as in intentionally

with full awareness of what one is doing

she consciously chose to take the more dangerous route down the mountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intentionally
• deliberately
• purposely
• knowingly
• purposefully
• willfully
• voluntarily
• purposively
• wittingly
• on purpose
• designedly
• advisedly
• willingly
• calculatedly
• studiedly
• premeditatedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unconsciously
• inadvertently
• unwittingly
• accidentally
• incidentally
• unintentionally
• randomly
• unknowingly
• involuntarily
• instinctively
• spontaneously
• haphazardly
• unwillingly
• impulsively

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consciously

The report also found that 68% were more likely to consider a brand that sponsored their favorite team and 59% had consciously purchased from a sponsor because of its involvement in the sport. — Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

What the team still can’t definitively say is whether sperm whales blow bubbles in their sleep consciously or unconsciously. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

What is interesting is that Zidane, 54, has been consciously removed from professional football for five years, and that appears to be of little concern to anyone. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Tamil itself is no less a political construction, with public discourse and education carried out in a self-consciously archaic form of the language only half-intelligible to many speakers of its multifarious vernaculars. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

His hands are in his lap, one wrist clasped almost self-consciously. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

That drive has become so important, in fact, Ramp’s hiring process now consciously hunts for that signal. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Tyson Ritter’s dance moves were consciously uncomfortable and funny to watch. — Sophie Lindberg july 11, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026

Trump, unburdened by ideals, has looked at the same history and consciously chosen to mimic its worst elements. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026