If you don't understand something, it's because you aren't aware of its context.
Source: tatoeba (1743)
Aware
//əˈwɛə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "aware" (145 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
intentivejammedjohnny on the spotjudiciousknowingknowledgeablelet intoloadedmeticulousmindful ofnicenigglingno stranger toobservantobservingomniscienton the ballon the jobon toopen eyed
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open-earedopen-eyedopenmouthedpackedperceptivepercipientperspicaciouspostedprehensileprivy toreceptiveregardfulsagaciousseized ofsensiblesensible ofsensible tosensilesensitivesensitive tosentientsharp eyedshrewdsmartstreetwisestuffedsusceptiblesusceptiveundeceivedunderstandingwarewarywatchfulwide awakewisewise towitting
Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
10 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
86 translations across 33 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- գիտակից adj (having knowledge of something)
- զգոն adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- տեղյակ adj (having knowledge of something)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- agah adj (having knowledge of something)
- hali adj (having knowledge of something)
- xəbərdar adj (having knowledge of something)
Belarusian
2 entries- ве́даючы adj (having knowledge of something)
- дасве́дчаны adj (having knowledge of something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бдителен adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- съзнаващ adj (having knowledge of something)
Catalan
4 entries- a l’aguait adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- atent adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- conscient adj (having knowledge of something)
- vigilant adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئاگادار adj (having knowledge of something)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 意識到的 /意识到的 adj (having knowledge of something)
- 知道的 adj (having knowledge of something)
- 警惕的 adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Czech
4 entries- bdělý adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- ostražitý adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- vědom adj (having knowledge of something)
- znalý adj (having knowledge of something)
Dutch
3 entries- op de hoogte zijn adj (having knowledge of something)
- op zijn hoede adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- waakzaam adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Esperanto
1 entries- konscia adj (having knowledge of something)
Finnish
2 entries- tietoinen adj (having knowledge of something)
- valpas adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
French
4 entries- attentif adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- au courant adj (having knowledge of something)
- conscient adj (having knowledge of something)
- en alerte adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Galician
1 entries- consciente adj (having knowledge of something)
German
4 entries- bewusst adj (having knowledge of something)
- gewahr adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- gewahr adj (having knowledge of something)
- wachsam adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Indonesian
2 entries- insaf adj (having knowledge of something)
- waspada adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Irish
1 entries- eolach adj (having knowledge of something)
Italian
2 entries- all'erta adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- consapevole adj (having knowledge of something)
Latin
1 entries- cōnscius adj (having knowledge of something)
Marathi
1 entries- जागृत adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Old English
2 entries- ġecnǣwe adj (having knowledge of something)
- ġewær adj (having knowledge of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خبردار adj (having knowledge of something)
Persian
1 entries- آگاه adj (having knowledge of something)
Polish
2 entries- świadom adj (having knowledge of something)
- świadomy adj (having knowledge of something)
Portuguese
3 entries- alerta adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- ciente adj (having knowledge of something)
- consciente adj (having knowledge of something)
Russian
4 entries- бди́тельный adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- в ку́рсе adj (having knowledge of something)
- зна́ющий adj (having knowledge of something)
- осведомлённый adj (having knowledge of something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fiosrach adj (having knowledge of something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- budan adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- svestan adj (having knowledge of something)
- svjestan adj (having knowledge of something)
- будан adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Spanish
4 entries- alerta adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- cognoscente adj (having knowledge of something)
- cognoscitivo adj (having knowledge of something)
- concienciado adj (having knowledge of something)
Swedish
1 entries- medveten adj (having knowledge of something)
Tagalog
4 entries- naiino adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- naiino adj (having knowledge of something)
- nakaiino adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- nakaiino adj (having knowledge of something)
Tatar
1 entries- saq adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Turkish
3 entries- ayık adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
- haberdar adj (having knowledge of something)
- uyanık adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зна́ючий adj (having knowledge of something)
- обі́знаний adj (having knowledge of something)
- пи́льний adj (vigilant, on one's guard)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Are you aware of how much she loves you?
Source: tatoeba (15784)
Smokers are as aware as anybody else of the disadvantages of their hobby, but manage to live with that knowledge for two main reasons.
Source: tatoeba (19957)
Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
Source: tatoeba (25595)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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