He is ignorant of the world.
Source: tatoeba (15963)
Ignorant
//ˈɪɡnəɹənt//
Synonyms for "ignorant" (175 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Related words (87)
unacquaintedunacquainted withunapprizedunawareunciviluncomprehendingunconsciousunconversantunconversant withuncouthunculturedundevelopeduneducatedunenlightenedunexperiencedunfamiliarunfamiliar withunfledgedungiftedunhabituated
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unhardenedunilluminateduninformeduninitiateduninitiated inuninstructedunintellectualunintelligentuninuredunknowingunknowledgeableunlearnedunmaturedunpostedunpracticedunpracticed inunprogressiveunreadunreasoningunripeunschooledunseasonedunskilledunskilled inunsophisticatedunsureunsuspectinguntalenteduntaughtunthinkinguntraineduntrieduntutoredunusedunused tounversed inunwiseunwittingunwontedvacuousweanedwitless
Adjective(20 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- injorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμαθής adj (characterized by ignorance)
Arabic
3 entries- جاهل adj (characterized by ignorance)
- جاهل adj (characterized by ignorance)
- جَاهِل adj (characterized by ignorance)
Armenian
2 entries- անգրագետ adj (characterized by ignorance)
- տգետ adj (characterized by ignorance)
Asturian
1 entries- inorante adj (characterized by ignorance)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cahil adj (characterized by ignorance)
Bashkir
1 entries- наҙан adj (characterized by ignorance)
Basque
1 entries- ezjakin adj (characterized by ignorance)
Belarusian
4 entries- не́вуцкі adj (characterized by ignorance)
- неадукава́ны adj (characterized by ignorance)
- нягра́матны adj (characterized by ignorance)
- няпісьме́нны adj (characterized by ignorance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- негра́мотен adj (characterized by ignorance)
- необразо́ван adj (characterized by ignorance)
- неу́к adj (characterized by ignorance)
Catalan
1 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نەزان adj (characterized by ignorance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無知 /无知 adj (characterized by ignorance)
Czech
3 entries- ignorantský adj (characterized by ignorance)
- nevzdělaný adj (characterized by ignorance)
- neznalý adj (characterized by ignorance)
Dutch
2 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
- onwetend adj (characterized by ignorance)
Esperanto
2 entries- malklera adj (characterized by ignorance)
- senscia adj (unaware)
Finnish
2 entries- moukka adj (characterized by ignorance)
- tietämätön adj (characterized by ignorance)
French
1 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Galician
1 entries- ignorante adj (characterized by ignorance)
German
1 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 adj (characterized by ignorance)
Greek
1 entries- αδαής adj (characterized by ignorance)
Hindi
1 entries- अज्ञान adj (characterized by ignorance)
Hungarian
2 entries- tudatlan adj (characterized by ignorance)
- tájékozatlan adj (characterized by ignorance)
Indonesian
1 entries- bebal adj (characterized by ignorance)
Irish
2 entries- aibéiseach adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ainbhiosach adj (characterized by ignorance)
Italian
1 entries- ignorante adj (characterized by ignorance)
Japanese
2 entries- 無知な adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 疎い adj (characterized by ignorance)
Kazakh
1 entries- бейхабар adj (characterized by ignorance)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្ងង់ខ្លៅ adj (characterized by ignorance)
Korean
4 entries- 멍청하다 adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 무식하다 adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 무지하다 adj (characterized by ignorance)
- 무학하다 adj (characterized by ignorance)
Latin
3 entries- ignārus adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ignōrāns adj (characterized by ignorance)
- inscītus adj (characterized by ignorance)
Macedonian
4 entries- не́писмен adj (characterized by ignorance)
- не́ук adj (characterized by ignorance)
- негра́мотен adj (characterized by ignorance)
- необра́зован adj (characterized by ignorance)
Malay
1 entries- jahil adj (characterized by ignorance)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാമരൻ adj (characterized by ignorance)
Middle English
1 entries- bestial adj (characterized by ignorance)
Norman
1 entries- innouothant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nezan adj (characterized by ignorance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uvitende adj (characterized by ignorance)
Occitan
1 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Old English
1 entries- unġewiss adj (characterized by ignorance)
Persian
2 entries- عامی adj (characterized by ignorance)
- نادان adj (characterized by ignorance)
Polish
1 entries- ignorancki adj (characterized by ignorance)
Portuguese
1 entries- ignorante adj (characterized by ignorance)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬੇਖਬਰ adj (characterized by ignorance)
Romanian
1 entries- ignorant adj (characterized by ignorance)
Russian
4 entries- неве́жественный adj (characterized by ignorance)
- негра́мотный adj (characterized by ignorance)
- необразо́ванный adj (characterized by ignorance)
- тёмный adj (characterized by ignorance)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ainfhiosach adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ainfhiosrach adj (characterized by ignorance)
Slovak
1 entries- nevzdelaný adj (characterized by ignorance)
Slovene
1 entries- neveden adj (characterized by ignorance)
Spanish
4 entries- chúntaro adj (characterized by ignorance)
- desentendido adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ignaro adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ignorante adj (characterized by ignorance)
Swedish
2 entries- okunnig adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ovetande adj (characterized by ignorance)
Tagalog
2 entries- bano adj (characterized by ignorance)
- mangmang adj (characterized by ignorance)
Turkish
1 entries- cahil adj (characterized by ignorance)
Ukrainian
4 entries- не́уцький adj (characterized by ignorance)
- негра́мотний adj (characterized by ignorance)
- неодуко́ваний adj (characterized by ignorance)
- неосві́чений adj (characterized by ignorance)
Vietnamese
3 entries- dốt nát adj (characterized by ignorance)
- mù chữ adj (characterized by ignorance)
- ngu dốt adj (characterized by ignorance)
Welsh
1 entries- anwybodus adj (characterized by ignorance)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Not only you but also he is ignorant of the truth.
Source: tatoeba (17679)
The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.
Source: tatoeba (21655)
Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.
Source: tatoeba (62373)
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