conscious

Adjective

• (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
  • few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance
    
  • conscious of having succeeded
    
  • the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load- Thomas Hardy
    

• knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
  • remained conscious during the operation
    
  • conscious of his faults
    
  • became conscious that he was being followed
    

• intentionally conceived
  • a conscious effort to speak more slowly
    
  • a conscious policy
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  conscious(p) , witting