unconscious

unconscious
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unaware, insensible; stupefied, asleep, out, blotto (inf.); uninformed, ignorant; submerged, subconscious, suppressed, repressed. See insensibility.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Comatose]
Syn. insensible, swooning, in a state of suspended animation, torpid, lethargic, benumbed, inanimate, bereft of senses, senseless, insensate, drowsy, numb, inert, paralyzed, palsied, tranced, entranced, in a stupor, in a coma, in a trance, stupefied, raving, out of one's head, out like a light*, knocked out*; see also motionless 1 .
Ant. conscious*, vivacious, awake.
2. [Unaware]
Syn. inattentive, lost, ignorant, out of it*; see careless 1 , oblivious .
n.
Syn. psyche, subliminal self, instinct, motive force; see memory 1 , mind 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. in a sleeplike state asleep, comatose, *out cold, *blacked out, knocked out, insensient, *out like a light, passed out, *dead to the world, oblivious, stunned, stupefied, anesthetized.
2. unaware ignorant, unknowing, unwitting.
3. undeliberate accidental, inadvertent, involuntary, unintentional, unpremeditated, unwitting, reflex, *gut, instinctual, subconscious.
ANT.: 1. awake, alert, conscious, aware. 2. aware, knowing. 3. deliberate, conscious, intentional, premeditated
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking consciousness: cold, insensible, senseless. Idioms: out cold, out like a light. See AWARENESS. 2. Not aware or informed: ignorant, innocent, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting. Idiom: in the dark. See KNOWLEDGE.

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