His lie weighed on his conscience.
Source: tatoeba (26655)
Conscience
/ˈkɑn.ʃəns/
Synonyms for "conscience" (76 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Noun(2 words)
moral senseerinyes
animacensorcoconsciouscollective unconsciouscompunctionconscientiousnessconscious selfdeath instinctdemuregoego idealego-id conflictethical self
Adjective(1 words)
deep interior
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
moralsmotive forcepersonapersonalitypleasure principlepreconsciousprimitive selfprincipleprinciplespsychepsychic apparatusqualmracial unconsciousscruplescruplesselfsocial consciencesoulstandardssubconscious
Show 11 more words
subconscious mindsubliminalsubliminal selfsubmerged mindsuperegotender consciencetwinge of conscienceunconsciousunconscious mindvital impulsevoice of conscience
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
personal ethics
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: moral sense, anima, censor, coconscious, collective unconscious.
- Sentence evidence is available for conscience, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "conscience".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "conscience"
Keep "conscience" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "conscience" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "conscience", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "conscience" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesclear conscienceconscience clausefreedom of conscienceguilty conscienceinner consciencesound conscience
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 94 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gewete noun (moral sense)
Albanian
1 entries- ndërgjegje noun (moral sense)
Amharic
1 entries- ህሊና noun (moral sense)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συνείδησις noun (moral sense)
Arabic
3 entries- ضَمِير noun (moral sense)
- طَوِيَّة noun (moral sense)
- وِجْدَان noun (moral sense)
Armenian
1 entries- խիղճ noun (moral sense)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- insaf noun (moral sense)
- vicdan noun (moral sense)
Belarusian
4 entries- со́весць noun (moral sense)
- со́весьць noun (moral sense)
- сумле́нне noun (moral sense)
- сумле́ньне noun (moral sense)
Bengali
1 entries- বিবেক noun (moral sense)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съ́вест noun (moral sense)
Burmese
1 entries- အသိတရား noun (moral sense)
Catalan
1 entries- consciència noun (moral sense)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 天良 noun (moral sense)
- 良心 noun (moral sense)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 天良 noun (moral sense)
- 良心 noun (moral sense)
Church Slavic
1 entries- съвѣсть noun (moral sense)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ noun (moral sense)
Czech
1 entries- svědomí noun (moral sense)
Danish
1 entries- samvittighed noun (moral sense)
Dutch
2 entries- geweten noun (moral sense)
- gewisse noun (moral sense)
Esperanto
1 entries- konscienco noun (moral sense)
Estonian
2 entries- südametunnistus noun (moral sense)
- süüme noun (moral sense)
Faroese
1 entries- samvitska noun (moral sense)
Finnish
1 entries- omatunto noun (moral sense)
French
1 entries- conscience noun (moral sense)
Friulian
2 entries- cusience noun (moral sense)
- cušience noun (moral sense)
Galician
1 entries- conciencia noun (moral sense)
Georgian
2 entries- ნამუსი noun (moral sense)
- სინდისი noun (moral sense)
German
1 entries- Gewissen noun (moral sense)
Greek
1 entries- συνείδηση noun (moral sense)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַצְפּוּן noun (moral sense)
Hindi
3 entries- अंतःकरण noun (moral sense)
- अन्तरात्मा noun (moral sense)
- विवेक noun (moral sense)
Hungarian
1 entries- lelkiismeret noun (moral sense)
Icelandic
1 entries- samviska noun (moral sense)
Ido
1 entries- koncienco noun (moral sense)
Indonesian
1 entries- hati nurani noun (moral sense)
Ingrian
1 entries- sovesti noun (moral sense)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- باطِن noun (moral sense)
- ضَمیر noun (moral sense)
- وُجْدان noun (moral sense)
- وِجْدان noun (moral sense)
Irish
1 entries- coinsias noun (moral sense)
Italian
1 entries- coscienza noun (moral sense)
Japanese
1 entries- 良心 noun (moral sense)
Kazakh
4 entries- ар noun (moral sense)
- ар-ождан noun (moral sense)
- намыс noun (moral sense)
- ождан noun (moral sense)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- séi noun (moral sense)
Khmer
1 entries- មនសិការ noun (moral sense)
Korean
2 entries- 량심 noun (moral sense)
- 양심 noun (moral sense)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- намыс noun (moral sense)
- уят noun (moral sense)
- ыйман noun (moral sense)
- ынсап noun (moral sense)
Lao
1 entries- ມະໂນທັມ noun (moral sense)
Latin
1 entries- cōnscientia noun (moral sense)
Latvian
1 entries- sirdsapziņa noun (moral sense)
Lithuanian
1 entries- są́žinė noun (moral sense)
Macedonian
1 entries- совест noun (moral sense)
Malay
1 entries- kesedaran noun (moral sense)
Malayalam
1 entries- മനസ്സാക്ഷി noun (moral sense)
Maltese
1 entries- kuxjenza noun (moral sense)
Mongolian
1 entries- ухамсар noun (moral sense)
Māori
2 entries- ngākau manako noun (moral sense)
- ngākau whakawā noun (moral sense)
Northern Altai
1 entries- уйат noun (moral sense)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- samvittighet noun (moral sense)
Occitan
1 entries- consciéncia noun (moral sense)
Old English
2 entries- inġehyġd noun (moral sense)
- inġeþōht noun (moral sense)
Old Irish
1 entries- cocubus noun (moral sense)
Old Norse
1 entries- samvizka noun (moral sense)
Old Polish
1 entries- sąmnienie noun (moral sense)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ضمیر noun (moral sense)
- وجدان noun (moral sense)
Pashto
2 entries- ضمير noun (moral sense)
- وجدان noun (moral sense)
Polish
1 entries- sumienie noun (moral sense)
Portuguese
1 entries- consciência noun (moral sense)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜ਼ਮੀਰ noun (moral sense)
Romanian
1 entries- conștiință noun (moral sense)
Russian
1 entries- со́весть noun (moral sense)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अन्तःकरण noun (moral sense)
- मनस्साक्षिन् noun (moral sense)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cogais noun (moral sense)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sávest noun (moral sense)
- sávjest noun (moral sense)
- са́вест noun (moral sense)
- са́вјест noun (moral sense)
Slovak
1 entries- svedomie noun (moral sense)
Slovene
1 entries- vest noun (moral sense)
Southern Altai
1 entries- уйат noun (moral sense)
Spanish
1 entries- conciencia noun (moral sense)
Swahili
1 entries- dhamiri noun (moral sense)
Swedish
1 entries- samvete noun (moral sense)
Tagalog
1 entries- budhi noun (moral sense)
Tajik
3 entries- ботин noun (moral sense)
- виҷдон noun (moral sense)
- замир noun (moral sense)
Tatar
1 entries- вөҗдан noun (moral sense)
Telugu
1 entries- అంతరాత్ noun (moral sense)
Thai
3 entries- จิตสำนึก noun (moral sense)
- มโนธรรม noun (moral sense)
- สำนึก noun (moral sense)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሕልና noun (moral sense)
Turkish
2 entries- insaf noun (moral sense)
- vicdan noun (moral sense)
Turkmen
2 entries- wyjdan noun (moral sense)
- ynsap noun (moral sense)
Ukrainian
2 entries- со́вість noun (moral sense)
- сумлі́ння noun (moral sense)
Urdu
3 entries- اِیمان noun (moral sense)
- باطِن noun (moral sense)
- ضَمِیر noun (moral sense)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئىنساپ noun (moral sense)
- ۋىجدان noun (moral sense)
Uzbek
2 entries- insof noun (moral sense)
- vijdon noun (moral sense)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lương tâm noun (moral sense)
Welsh
1 entries- cydwybod noun (moral sense)
West-Frisian
1 entries- gewisse noun (moral sense)
Yiddish
1 entries- געוויסן noun (moral sense)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Do you have the conscience to do such a thing?
Source: tatoeba (41613)
You should act according to your conscience.
Source: tatoeba (69252)
You must make decisions about your responsibility in the light of your conscience.
Source: tatoeba (237674)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "conscience"?
Closest matches include moral sense, anima, censor, coconscious, collective unconscious.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "conscience"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.