English noun: awareness | |||
1. | awareness (cognition) having knowledge of | ||
Samples | He had no awareness of his mistakes. His sudden consciousness of the problem he faced. Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive. | ||
Synonyms | cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | knowing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | feel, self-awareness, sense | ||
Attribute | aware, cognisant, cognizant, incognizant, unaware | ||
Antonyms | incognizance | ||
2. | awareness (cognition) state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | ||
Samples | The crash intruded on his awareness. | ||
Synonyms | sentience | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consciousness | ||