UNCONSCIOUS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

Example: lay unconscious on the floor

Part of speech: Adjective

without conscious volition

Part of speech: Adjective

(followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving

Example: happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens

Unconscious mind, Unconscious

un – A related word in the same word family.

conscious – A related word in the same word family.

These related words all descended from the same ancestor thousands of years ago.