SEMICONSCIOUS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

semiconscious

adjective

Definition of semiconscious

as in unconscious

only somewhat awake and able to understand what is happening around you The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk.

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Recent Examples of semiconscious When first responders reached the scene, Glass was semiconscious. — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025 Officials said he was found semiconscious on the River Trail on June 30 but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 24 May 2025 On the evening of June 29, another Texas man was found semiconscious before becoming unresponsive and dying along the River Trail near the bottom of the canyon. — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024 On June 29, another Texas man was found semiconscious on the River Trail halfway between Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch. — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for semiconscious

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Adjective

Together, the four officers dragged the unconscious man into the hallway.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Like Dominique Pelicot, the French man who used the online chat platform Coco to recruit men to rape his drugged and unconscious wife, the @SteveCumfulls of the world thrive on the internet’s reach and de-facto anonymity.

— Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of unconscious

Adjective

The only reason to think this may be a game is if the Cowboys are asleep, and Jalon Daniels has some success running the ball.

— Mac Engel October 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
Chidgasornpongse crystallizes that cosmic doom further when Grandma Saluay falls half-asleep or stares out the van window, her mind drifting into the ether.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

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