conscious
Awake, and aware of what is happening around you.
conscious in a sentence
- After the fall, the rider was still conscious and able to talk.
- Mia was conscious of everyone watching as she walked onto the stage.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to conscious?
- Aoblivious
- Basleep
- Caware
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C: aware. The other three mean the opposite of conscious.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to conscious?
- Aasleep
- Baware
- Calert
- Dawake
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A: asleep. The other three mean nearly the same as conscious.
Words that mean something similar
aware, awake, alert
Words that mean the opposite
asleep, oblivious
More words about thinking & learning
- contrary: Completely opposite to something else.
- crucial: Extremely important; something everything else depends on.
- cryptic: Having a hidden meaning that is hard to work out.
- decipher: To work out what something difficult or secret means.
- demonstrate: To show clearly how something works, or that it is true.
- determine: To decide something firmly, or to work it out for certain.
- dilemma: A tricky choice between two things, where neither seems right.
- distinguish: To see or show how two things are different.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test