UNCONSCIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does unconscious mean?
• UNCONSCIOUS (noun)
The noun UNCONSCIOUS has 1 sense:
1. that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
Familiarity information: UNCONSCIOUS used as a noun is very rare.
• UNCONSCIOUS (adjective)
The adjective UNCONSCIOUS has 3 senses:
1. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
2. without conscious volition
3. (followed by 'of') not knowing or perceiving
Familiarity information: UNCONSCIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UNCONSCIOUS (noun)
Meaning:
That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
unconscious; unconscious mind
Hypernyms ("unconscious" is a kind of...):
brain; head; mind; nous; psyche (that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason)
Meronyms (parts of "unconscious"):
superego ((psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience)
id ((psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity)
• UNCONSCIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
Context example:
lay unconscious on the floor
Similar:
subconscious (just below the level of consciousness)
semicomatose (in a state of partial coma)
nonconscious (concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness)
kayoed; knocked out; KO'd; out; stunned (knocked unconscious by a heavy blow)
insensible; senseless (unresponsive to stimulation)
innocent ((used of things) lacking sense or awareness)
comatose (in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli)
cold (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication)
Also:
incognizant; unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)
asleep (in a state of sleep)
insensible (incapable of physical sensation)
involuntary; nonvoluntary; unvoluntary (not subject to the control of the will)
Antonym:
conscious (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts)
Meaning:
Without conscious volition
Similar:
involuntary; nonvoluntary; unvoluntary (not subject to the control of the will)
Meaning:
(followed by 'of') not knowing or perceiving
Context example:
happily unconscious of the new calamity at home
Similar:
incognizant; unaware ((often followed by 'of') not aware)
