UNCONSCIOUSNESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for UNCONSCIOUSNESS?

Need another word that means the same as “unconsciousness”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “unconsciousness” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Unconsciousness” are: insensibility, senselessness, stupefaction, oblivion, unawareness, blankness, lack of sensation, lack of feeling

Unconsciousness as a Noun

Definitions of "Unconsciousness" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unconsciousness” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The state of being uninformed or unaware.
• The state of being unconscious.
• A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment.

Synonyms of "Unconsciousness" as a noun (8 Words)

blankness	A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing.
insensibility	Inability to be moved emotionally. Your insensibility to the extreme importance of the mission we are on.
lack of feeling	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
lack of sensation	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
oblivion	The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one. His name will fade into oblivion.
senselessness	Total lack of meaning or ideas.
stupefaction	The state of being stupefied. Salesmen stood in bored stupefaction.
unawareness	Unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention.

Usage Examples of "Unconsciousness" as a noun

• Someone gave me a crack across the head and I slipped into unconsciousness.
• Part of her beauty was her unconsciousness of it.

Associations of "Unconsciousness" (30 Words)

analgesia	The inability to feel pain. She was able to take analgesia orally.
blunder	A stupid or careless mistake. He blundered his stupid ideas.
botch	Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out.
carelessness	Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. Most road accidents are caused by carelessness on the part of motorists.
clanger	An absurd or embarrassing blunder. He dropped a clanger.
coma	(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds. After the film I settled into a coma.
defect	A shortcoming, imperfection, or lack. Genetic defects.
defective	Imperfect or faulty. A defective appliance.
deficiency	A lack or shortage. A budget deficiency of 96 billion.
distaff	The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning. Marriage is still the passport to distaff power.
error	A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. Goods dispatched to your branch in error.
failing	Below acceptable in performance. He was quick to point out his wife s failings.
fallible	Likely to fail or make errors. I m only a fallible human.
fault	Of a rock formation be broken by a fault or faults. The continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes.
flaw	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. The computer game was flawed by poor programming.
flawed	(of a person) having a weakness in character. A fatally flawed strategy.
gaffe	An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. In my first few months at work I made some real gaffes.
imperfect	The imperfect tense. Imperfect mortals.
inadvertence	The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
lapse	Drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards. A lapse of three weeks between letters.
misconceive	Judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty understanding. Some academic latinists did misconceive Pound s poem in that way.
misconstrue	Interpret (a person’s words or actions) wrongly. She misconstrued my remarks.
mistake	To make a mistake or be incorrect. Make no mistake about his intentions.
misunderstanding	A failure to understand something correctly. He left the army after a slight misunderstanding with his commanding officer.
obscurity	The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant. He is too good a player to slide into obscurity.
oversight	A mistake resulting from inattention. Was the mistake due to oversight.
slip	A slippery smoothness. You re slipping Doyle you need a holiday.
solecism	A breach of good manners; an instance of incorrect behaviour.
stumble	Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. He parodied my groping stumble across the stage.
unforced	Not brought about by coercion or force. An unforced cheerfulness.