Ignorant

/ˈɪɡnəɹənt/

Synonyms for "ignorant" (193 found)

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Closest matches (39)

a novice ata stranger toawkward backward barbarous benighted blankminded boorish brainless callow crude dark disaccustomed discourteous dumb emptyempty headedempty-headed foolish fresh

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gauche greengreen as grassgroping gross headless ill-mannered

Adjective(5 words)

benighted cimmerian clueless foolish ill-informed

Adjective(6 words)

benighted blindest careless dullardhistorical ignoranceignoramus

Noun(1 words)

blind

Strong matches (58)

illiterate immature impolitein the darkinane incognizant inept inexperienced ingenuous innocent insensate irrationalknow nothingknow-nothing lackbrained lean-minded lean-witted lowbrow mindless naive

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natural nescientnew tonot brightobliviousof little brainpea brainedpea-brained pin-brained raw reasonless rude rusty senseless silly simple slackminded slackwittedstrange totentative unaccustomedunaccustomed to

Adjective(9 words)

illiterate innocent lack-learning lay lewd loreless nescient oblivious philistine

Adjective(6 words)

illiterate naive nescient obstinatescientific ignorancestubborn

Noun(1 words)

none the wiser

Related words (96)

unacquaintedunacquainted withunapprized unaware uncivil uncomprehending unconscious unconversantunconversant withuncouth uncultured undeveloped uneducated unenlightened unexperienced unfamiliarunfamiliar withunfledged ungifted unhabituated

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unhardened unilluminated uninformed uninitiateduninitiated inuninstructed unintellectual unintelligent uninured unknowing unlearned unlettered unmatured unposted unpracticedunpracticed inunprogressive unread unreasoning unripe unschooled unseasoned unskilledunskilled inunsophisticated unsure unsuspecting untalented untaught unthinking untrained untried untutored unusedunused tounversedunversed inunwise unwitting unwonted vacuous weaned witless

Adjective(12 words)

unawakened uneducateduneducated personuninformeduninformed personunknowing unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unwashed unwitting willful

Adjective(20 words)

unaware uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened unerudite uninformed unknowing unknowledgeable unlearned unlearnt unlettered unmindful unread unscholarly unschooled untaught untrained untutored unwitting

Noun(1 words)

unconscious being

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

attitudinal traithumanknowledge stateperson

More specific

11 entries

benighted blockhead dunce fool inexperienced naive obstinate simpleton stubborn uneducated willful

Collocations

10 entries

cultural ignorancegross ignoranceignorant massesignorant personignorant prejudiceignorant publicignorant stereotypeignorant votersscientific ignorancewillful ignorance

Inflections

3 entries

ignorantsmore ignorantmost ignorant

Derivations

2 entries

ignorance ignorantly

similar

2 entries

uneducated uninformed

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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He is ignorant of the world.

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Not only you but also he is ignorant of the truth.

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The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.

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Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.

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