If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
Source: tatoeba (2354)
Ignorance
//ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns//
Synonyms for "ignorance" (70 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
3 entriescauses
3 entriescauses desire
7 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
2 entriesnot has_property
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
151 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- onkunde noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Albanian
1 entries- injorancë noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀμαθία noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ἄγνοια noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Arabic
2 entries- جَهَالَة noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- جَهْل noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Armenian
2 entries- անգիտություն noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- տգիտություն noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Asturian
2 entries- inorancia noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- inoranza noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- avamlıq noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- cəhalət noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- nadanlıq noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- zülmət noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Belarusian
2 entries- неву́цтва noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- няве́данне noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Breton
1 entries- diouiziegez noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неве́дение noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- неве́жество noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- незна́ние noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Catalan
1 entries- ignorància noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Cebuano
1 entries- katagaw noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نەزانی noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎧᏁᎳ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無知 /无知 noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Czech
2 entries- nevědomost noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- neznalost noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Danish
1 entries- uvidenhed noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Dutch
3 entries- ignorantie noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- onkunde noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- onwetendheid noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Esperanto
1 entries- nescio noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Estonian
4 entries- asjatundmatus noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ignorantsus noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- teadmatus noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- võhiklikkus noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Faroese
2 entries- fákunna noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- fávitska noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Finnish
1 entries- tietämättömyys noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
French
1 entries- ignorance noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Galician
1 entries- ignorancia noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Georgian
1 entries- უვიცობა noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
German
3 entries- Nichtwissen noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- Unwissen noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- Unwissenheit noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Greek
1 entries- άγνοια noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Gujarati
2 entries- અજ્ઞાન noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- અવિદ્યા noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Hebrew
1 entries- בּוּרוּת noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Hindi
4 entries- अज्ञान noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- अनभिज्ञता noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- अविद्या noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- नादानी noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Hungarian
1 entries- tudatlanság noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Icelandic
4 entries- fáfræði noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- fákunnátta noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- fáviska noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- vankunnátta noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Ido
1 entries- nesavo noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Inari Sami
1 entries- tietimettumvuotâ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Indonesian
1 entries- ketidaktahuan noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Interlingua
1 entries- inscientia noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Irish
2 entries- ainbhios noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- aineolas noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Italian
1 entries- ignoranza noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Japanese
1 entries- 無知 noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಜ್ಞಾನ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Kazakh
1 entries- надандық noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Khmer
1 entries- ភាពល្ងង់ខ្លៅ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Korean
1 entries- 무지 noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- билбестик noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Latin
1 entries- ignorantia noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Latvian
1 entries- nezināšana noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nežinojimas noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Lun Bawang
1 entries- falung noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Macedonian
1 entries- незнаење noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsifahalalana noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Malayalam
2 entries- അജ്ഞത noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- വിവരക്കേട് noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Manx
2 entries- neufys noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- neuhoiggaltys noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ujinga noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Māori
1 entries- kūaretanga noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udjinga noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nezanî noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Northern Sami
1 entries- diehtemeahttunvuohta noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uvitenhet noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Occitan
1 entries- ignorància noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Odia
1 entries- ଅଜ୍ଞତା noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Old English
1 entries- nytennes noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Oromo
1 entries- wallaalummaa noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Persian
3 entries- جهالت noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- جهل noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- نادانی noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Polish
4 entries- ignorancja noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- nieuctwo noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- niewiedza noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- nieznajomość noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Portuguese
1 entries- ignorância noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Punjabi
4 entries- ਅਗਿਆਨ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ਅਣਜਾਣ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ਨਦਾਨ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ਬੇਖ਼ਬਰ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Romanian
1 entries- ignoranță noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Russian
4 entries- неве́дение noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- неве́жество noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- незна́ние noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- неосведомлённость noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अज्ञान noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- अविद्या noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- aineolas noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ainfhios noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- ainfhiosrachd noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- neznanje noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- незнање noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Sicilian
1 entries- gnuranza noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- tieʹđǩanivuõtt noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Slovak
2 entries- nevedomosť noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- neznalosť noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Slovene
1 entries- nevednost noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Spanish
1 entries- ignorancia noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Swahili
1 entries- ujinga noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Swedish
3 entries- ignorans noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- okunnighet noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- okunskap noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Tagalog
2 entries- ignoransiya noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- kamangmangan noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Tamil
1 entries- அறியாமை noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Telugu
3 entries- అజ్ఞానం noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- అజ్ఞానము noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- నేరమి noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Thai
1 entries- ความไม่รู้ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Turkish
2 entries- bilgisizlik noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- cehalet noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Ukrainian
3 entries- неві́гластво noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- незнання́ noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- неу́цтво noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Urdu
1 entries- اگیان noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự dốt nát noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
- sự thiếu hiểu biết noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Welsh
1 entries- anwybodaeth noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Yiddish
1 entries- אומוויסנהײַט noun (condition of being uninformed or uneducated)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You should be ashamed of your ignorance.
Source: tatoeba (16035)
I admire your ignorance.
Source: tatoeba (16890)
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Source: tatoeba (19146)
Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.