Antonyms of adj conscious

3 senses of conscious

Sense 1
conscious, witting -- (intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy")

INDIRECT (VIA intended) -> unintended -- (not deliberate)

Sense 2
conscious (vs. unconscious) -- (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed")

unconscious (vs. conscious) -- (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor")
        => cold -- (unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication; "the boxer was out cold"; "pass out cold")
        => comatose -- (in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient")
        => innocent -- ((used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather")
        => insensible, senseless -- (unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless")
        => knocked out (predicate), kayoed, KO'd, out (predicate), stunned -- (knocked unconscious by a heavy blow)
        => nonconscious -- (concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes")
        => semicomatose -- (in a state of partial coma)
        => subconscious -- (just below the level of consciousness)

Sense 3
conscious (predicate) -- ((followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy)

INDIRECT (VIA aware) -> unaware, incognizant -- ((often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known")

Similarity of adj conscious

3 senses of conscious

Sense 1
conscious, witting -- (intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy")
       => intended (vs. unintended) -- (resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult")

Sense 2
conscious (vs. unconscious) -- (knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed")
       => self-conscious, self-aware -- (aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts; "self-conscious awareness"; "self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter)
       => semiconscious -- (partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations)
       => sentient -- (consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White)
          Also See-> awake#1; aware#1, cognizant#1, cognisant#1; sensible#2, sensitive#3; voluntary#1

Sense 3
conscious (predicate) -- ((followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy)
       => aware (predicate) (vs. unaware), cognizant, cognisant -- ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit")

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