cognizant

adjective

cog·ni·zant ˈkäg-nə-zənt

Synonyms of cognizant next

: knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience

also : mindful

cognizant of the potential dangers

Choose the Right Synonym for cognizant

aware, cognizant, conscious, sensible, alive, awake mean having knowledge of something.

aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.

aware of changes in climate

cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.

not fully cognizant of the facts

conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.

conscious that my heart was pounding

sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.

sensible of a teacher's influence

alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something.

alive to the thrill of danger

awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.

a country always awake to the threat of invasion

Examples of cognizant in a Sentence

Not like some college kid beaming in blissful ignorance, but rather like a worldly 23-year-old, self-aware and fully cognizant of the dire straits he's entering. —

Jody Berger, ESPN, 14 June 1999

… the idea of a machine cognizant of that human Achilles' heel, emotion, can conjure more sinister images—like HAL, the savvy, menacing computer in "2001," whose fear that he would be unplugged led him to kill all but one of the crew members on a space mission. —

Daniel Goleman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 1997

… to assure you that I am neither privy to, nor cognizant of, any such clique; and that I most potently disbelieve in the existence of any such. —

Abraham Lincoln, letter, 13 Oct. 1849

He is cognizant of his duties as a father. not fully cognizant of the details of the trade agreement

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Be cognizant of zoning codes and get your permits in order ahead of time. —

Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025 Be cognizant of pruner, lopper and pruning saw blades while gardening. —

The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025 But Johnson currently has just a one-vote cushion to pass legislation through the lower chamber, so Republican leaders are cognizant that even a pair of dissenting Republicans could doom their collective efforts. —

John Parkinson, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025 Scott, 41, is cognizant of the fact that the fashion industry, like most, does not offer a level playing field. —

Juwayriah Wright, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cognizant