Cognizant

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Cognizant means aware or having knowledge of something: She was cognizant of the risks involved.

The word is slightly formal, appearing often in legal and professional contexts where awareness implies responsibility: The board was fully cognizant of the financial situation.

To be cognizant of something is to have it in mind, to be conscious of it.

awareness

aware

Having knowledge of

attentive · perceptive · observant · wakeful · sentient · heedful · watchful · awake · responsive · sensible

legal

jurisdiction

Legal authority's scope

tribunal · judicial · admissible · proceedings · venue · purview · adjudication · hearing · ruling · competence

corporate

outsourcing

Third-party task delegation

offshore · digital transformation · workforce · contractor · enterprise · software · professional services · implementation · corporate · multinational

Opposites
awareness

Cognizantunaware

Lacking knowledge of something

unconscious · oblivious · ignorant · unknowing · insensible

attentiveness

Cognizantoblivious

Lacking any awareness

inattentive · heedless · unobservant · neglectful · careless

knowledge state

Cognizantignorant

Lacking knowledge or awareness

uninformed · unaware · unenlightened · uneducated · naive

Family

cognizance, incognizant, cognizable, recognizable, recognizance

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