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One entry found for
ignorant
.
Entry Word:
ignorant
Function:
adjective
Text:
1
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books <the teacher was committed to educating the children of those poor,
ignorant
farmers>
Synonyms
benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored
Related Words
lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (
or
naïve); unsophisticated; raw, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly
Near Antonyms
brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar
Antonyms
educated, knowledgeable, literate, schooled
2
not informed about or aware of something <he was
ignorant
of their plans>
Synonyms
oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, ungrounded, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwitting
Related Words
uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive
Near Antonyms
conversant, educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught; heedful, observant; sensitive, sentient
Antonyms
acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting