awareness

Knowing that something exists or understanding a situation.

• We need to raise awareness.
• Public awareness of the problem is growing.
• Her awareness of local customs helped her make friends.

How to use it: awareness of something (The campaign increased awareness of food waste.)

Similar words: knowledge, understanding

Opposites: ignorance

Common phrases: raise awareness, awareness of something, public awareness

The state of being awake and able to notice what is happening around you.

• Awareness slowly returned after the operation.
• He drifted from sleep into full awareness.
• The medicine reduced her awareness of her surroundings.

Similar words: consciousness

Opposites: unconsciousness

Common phrases: full awareness, regain awareness