awareness
Knowing what's around
Awareness is the state of knowing or perceiving something.
You can have awareness of your surroundings, of a problem, or of your own thoughts and feelings.
The word often implies conscious attention: She had no awareness that anyone was watching.
Awareness campaigns aim to inform the public about issues: breast cancer awareness, climate awareness.
Self-awareness is understanding your own character and motivations.
Capacity for subjective experience
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- lucidityClearness of mind
- cognizanceState of knowing something
awakening · realization · sapience · introspection · metacognition · phenomenal · subjective · qualia
Mental comprehension of something
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
recognition · information · education · learning · literacy · know-how · expertise · proficiency
Attentive watching or remark
- noticingBecoming aware of
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- detectionAct of finding something
sensing · perceiving · acuity · perceptiveness · clarity · senses · intuition · apperception
State of keen awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
- readinessState of being prepared
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
sharpness · keenness · acuity · responsiveness · observance · caution · heedfulness · anticipation
Focused attention practice
- presenceState of being somewhere
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
- zenMeditative calm
nonjudgmental · acceptance · equanimity · vipassana · zazen · centering · grounding · stillness
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- tactSensitivity in speech
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
responsiveness · understanding · delicacy · cultural · emotional · interpersonal · receptivity · perceptiveness
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
transcendence · self-realization · mystical · cosmic · higher · expanded · universal · oneness
sentience
Capacity for subjective experience
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- lucidityClearness of mind
cognizance · awakening · realization · sapience · introspection · metacognition · phenomenal · subjective · qualia · waking
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
comprehension · recognition · information · education · learning · literacy · know-how · expertise · proficiency · grasp
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- noticingBecoming aware of
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
detection · sensing · perceiving · acuity · perceptiveness · clarity · senses · intuition · apperception · apprehension
vigilance
State of keen awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
- readinessState of being prepared
wakefulness · sharpness · keenness · acuity · responsiveness · observance · caution · heedfulness · anticipation · situational
meditation
Focused attention practice
- presenceState of being somewhere
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
zen · nonjudgmental · acceptance · equanimity · vipassana · zazen · centering · grounding · stillness · focus
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- tactSensitivity in speech
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
attunement · responsiveness · understanding · delicacy · cultural · emotional · interpersonal · receptivity · perceptiveness · insightfulness
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
satori · transcendence · self-realization · mystical · cosmic · higher · expanded · universal · oneness · illumination
consciousness-raising
Increasing social or political awareness
cause · education · outreach · visibility · public · community · movement · injustice · inequality · rights
- mindmind, thought, cognition, consciousness, thinking
- -NESS wordsfullness, happiness, kindness, darkness, sadness
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- mental claritymental clarity, lucidity, clear thinking, clear head, clear-headedness
- mental conceptsthought, thinking, ideas, concepts, memory
- mental skillsmemory, intelligence, focus, concentration, reasoning
awarenessignorance
Absence of knowledge
unawareness · unknowing · cluelessness · unfamiliarity · nescience
awarenessunconsciousness
Complete lack of awareness
oblivion · insensibility · stupor · coma · blackout
awarenessobliviousness
Lack of awareness
inattention · neglect · heedlessness · disregard · mindlessness
- consumer awarenessUnderstanding of marketplace choices
- self awarenessRecognition of one's own character
- awareness ribbonLooped symbol for causes
- diversity awarenessRecognition of human variety
- raising awareness
- breast cancer awareness
unawareness, self-awareness, public awareness, situational awareness, brand awareness, health awareness, environmental awareness