SEMICONSCIOUS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

semiconscious

adjective

Definition of semiconscious

as in unconscious

only somewhat awake and able to understand what is happening around you The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk.

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Recent Examples of semiconscious When first responders reached the scene, Glass was semiconscious. — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025 Officials said he was found semiconscious on the River Trail on June 30 but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 May 2025 On the evening of June 29, another Texas man was found semiconscious before becoming unresponsive and dying along the River Trail near the bottom of the canyon. — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024 On June 29, another Texas man was found semiconscious on the River Trail halfway between Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch. — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for semiconscious

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Another of the crew, a South Korean, was discovered unconscious by coast guard rescuers before being sent to a hospital on the mainland and declared dead there, the coast guard said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The massage therapist was found unconscious on July 30 near the intersection of 28th Street and Prospect Avenue, according to Capt.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconscious

Adjective

He had been viciously attacked seemingly while asleep, struck multiple times in the face with a sharp, ax-like instrument, The Herald News reported.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Rahaf swings her prosthetics to the song, and at one point, wraps her small arms around Accurso’s neck — following the song’s instructions and pretending to be asleep.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

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