unconscious
Syllables: un·con·sciousUK/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs//ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
unconscious adjective: not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
Adjective
unconscious (comparative more unconscious, superlative most unconscious)
- Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
- After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
- The firefighters put on breathing apparatus and managed to find the injured. In one case, they were almost too late - one of the bystanders who had helped with the initial rescue attempts had been reported missing. They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51
- Synonyms:
- insentient, oblivious, out of it, unaware, down for the count, under, lost to the world, senseless, out, insensible
- Without directed thought or awareness.
- My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son
- Synonyms:
- subconscious
- engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
- Sam is unconscious, filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.1998, Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League, page 144
- "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
- Synonyms:
- in the zone, on a roll
Noun
unconscious (plural unconsciouses)
- That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.
- Because the unconscious is outside time, it can perceive transformations beyond the limits of the ego.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 135
- Synonyms:
- subconscious, subconsciousness, subconscious mind
unconscious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unconscious in Hindi
- not awake
- अचेत acet
- without directed thought or awareness
- अचेत acet, अचेतन acetan
unconscious in Tamil
- நனவிலி, உணர்விழந்த, உணர்விழந்து
unconscious in Marathi
- unconscious
- बेभान bebhān
unconscious in Urdu
- انٹا غفیل, بےحس, بےہوش, بےخبر, غافل
More languagesFewer languages
- unconscious in Bengali
- অঘোর oghōr
- unconscious in Malayalam
- അബോധാവസ്ഥയിലുള്ള
- unconscious in Kannada
- ಅರಿವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಎಚ್ಚರವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಪರಿವೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
- unconscious in Punjabi
- ਬੇਸੁੱਧ besuddha
- unconscious in Gujarati
- બેભાન, અચેતન
- unconscious in Odia
- ଚେତାଶୂନ୍ଯ଼, ଅଚେତନ
- unconscious in Nepali
- बेहोस, अचेतन
- unconscious in Tagalog
- kubmalay
- unconscious in Persian
- ناخودآگاه nâxodâgâh, ناخودآگاهی nâxodâgâhi
Examples of unconscious in a sentence
- It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:
- Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.2002, Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure, page 292:
Synonyms of unconscious
- insentient
- oblivious
- out of it
- unaware
- down for the count
- under
- lost to the world
- senseless
- out
- insensible
5 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- subconscious
- in the zone
- on a roll
- subconsciousness
- subconscious mind
Forms of unconscious
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unconscious |
| superlative | most unconscious |
| Noun | |
| plural | unconsciouses |
Origin of unconscious
From un- + conscious.
Words formed from unconscious
Questions about unconscious
- What does unconscious mean?
- Unconscious means not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).
- What is unconscious in Hindi?
- Unconscious in Hindi is अचेत (acet), अचेतन (acetan). See Unconscious meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unconscious in a sentence?
- It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government.
- What part of speech is unconscious?
- Unconscious can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unconscious?
- Unconscious is pronounced /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/ (UK).
Words near unconscious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unconscious (page history and authors); unconscious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बेभान (Marathi) (page history and authors); unconscious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অঘোর (Bengali) (page history and authors); unconscious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unconscious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unconscious (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unconscious (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unconscious (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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