awareness

Plural: awarenesses

Noun

• having knowledge of
  • "he had no awareness of his mistakes"
• state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
  • "the crash intruded on his awareness"
• The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
• The state or quality of being aware of something.

Examples

• I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.
• raise awareness of a topic
• The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea

Synonyms

cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness, sentience, knowledge, wakefulness

Antonyms

incognizance, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness

Related Words

alertness, consciousness, knowledge, mind, perceptivity, sentience