One entry found for ignorance.
Entry Word: ignorance
Function: noun
Text: 1 the state of being unaware or uninformed <ignorance of the law is no excuse> Synonyms obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity Related Words callowness, greenness, inexperience, innocence, naïveté (also naivete), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication Near Antonyms experience, know-how; sophistication Antonyms acquaintance, awareness, familiarity 2 the state of being unlearned <with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace> Synonyms illiteracy Related Words brainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity; philistinism; foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessness Near Antonyms education, instruction, training; enlightenment, knowledge; erudition, scholarship Antonyms learning, literacy