| unconscious | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. unconscious, unconscious mind | that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware. |
| ~ mind, psyche, nous, brain, head | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason.; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
| ~ superego | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience. |
| ~ id | (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity. |
| adj. | 2. unconscious | not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead.; "lay unconscious on the floor" |
| ~ asleep | in a state of sleep.; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel" |
| ~ incognizant, unaware | (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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ senseless, insensible | unresponsive to stimulation.; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" |
| ~ kayoed, knocked out, ko'd, stunned, out | 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. |
| ~ insensible | incapable of physical sensation.; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" |
| ~ involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary | not subject to the control of the will.; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat" |
| adj. | 3. unconscious | without conscious volition. |
| ~ involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary | not subject to the control of the will.; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat" |
| adj. | 4. unconscious | (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving.; "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home" |
| ~ incognizant, unaware | (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" |
| swoon | | |
| n. (event) | 1. deliquium, faint, swoon, syncope | a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. |
| ~ loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond. |
| v. (body) | 2. conk, faint, pass out, swoon | pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. |
| ~ zonk out, pass out, black out | lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. |
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