UNCONSCIOUSLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

unconsciously

adverb

as in unwittingly

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Recent Examples of unconsciously When ear met in 2024 at transfer student orientation at Bard, both were emerging from their own antisocial caves, unconsciously looking for their other half. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026 Grip, weight, angle, fragility—humans process this unconsciously, perfected by evolution. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Thanks to them, generations of children unconsciously absorbed a little soul with their public television. —

Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026 Do painters unconsciously use similar shapes, contours or compositions to elicit an emotional response? —

Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 While critics have been tough on the Finnish director’s blending of human sentiment and thrashing violence and pyrotechnics, audiences know his brand – consciously or unconsciously. —

Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 There’s not a songwriter out there who won’t have inadvertently, unconsciously, consciously pulled from his work. —

New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Some people seek out conflict, Fisher adds, even unconsciously, because the intensity of it fills an emotional void that healthier outlets aren't meeting. —

Angela Haupt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026 At university, Karp focused his research on how people unconsciously transfer aggression through language. —

Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconsciously

Adverb

Wyck, of course, is right about the island being awakened, and Tom has unwittingly invited in dozens of potential victims.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
On the evening of Wednesday, June 10, Margaret McWeeney is believed to have gotten out of her vehicle and unwittingly left the transmission in reverse in the parking lot of Madison Ridge Apartments in Indian Lake, Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026