UN-CONSCIOUS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

unconscious

adjective

ˌən-ˈkän(t)-shəs

Definition of unconscious

as in cold

having lost consciousness the guard was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head

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as in unaware

not informed about or aware of something unconscious of the somber expression she wore

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Recent Examples of unconscious The boy was unconscious and was being held in the arms of a family member, Manhart recalled. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Ultimately, the pet will fall unconscious and die, the hospital network says. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 The firefighters entered the apartment and found the woman unconscious and unresponsive. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Pitulic’s body was found the following day on July 21 after the North Texas Emergency Communication Center received a call about an unconscious person in a car. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unconscious

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconscious

Adjective

It was instead caused by cold air plummeting to the ground from the upper levels of a passing thunderstorm, experts says.

— Mark Price July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
For lunch, head outside to The Pocket pool bar and lounge for fish tacos and a cold beer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of cold

Adjective

Nolan has retooled the character into an innocent victim, unaware of Odysseus’ scheme, who nonetheless gives his life for it.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Some activists in Morocco expressed doubt that the ruling was behind the surge, arguing most migrants would have been unaware of such legal decisions.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Definition of unaware

Adjective

There's heartache for a Norwood, Massachusetts, family still trying to grasp how a gentle soul who was always smiling could be taken in such a senseless act of violence.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Ten years after losing her father to a senseless tragedy, bride Jeni Stepien walked toward her future husband, Paul Maenner, on the arm of the one man who could testify that her father’s heart was still beating.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of senseless

Adjective

Musiala carries on walking, oblivious to the fact that his new team-mate is no longer by his side until two of Bayern’s media staff, one with a microphone and another holding a camera, scamper back to the stairs, where Olise is hiding.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026
But for another two and a half years, it’s stuck with a boss who often seems oblivious to customer concerns.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of oblivious

Adjective

Careers made and ruined, departments torn apart, writing programs turned into sensitivity seminars, political witch hunts, public opprobrium, ignorant media attacks, the whole ball of wax.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Any advice on how to tune out ignorant neighbors who refuse to shut up?

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 15 July 2026