ignorant

Plural: ignorants

Adjective Satellite

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  • "an ignorant man"
• uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
  • "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"
• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
  • "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"

Adj

• Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
• Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
• Ill-mannered, crude.
• unknown; undiscovered
• Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

Noun

• One who is ignorant.

Adjective

• Lacking knowledge or awareness; uneducated.

Examples

• He was ignorant of the common two-letter words, a crucial Scrabble strategy.
• His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

Synonyms

illiterate, nescient, unknowing, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unwitting, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant, ill-informed, innocent, lack-learning, lay, lewd, loreless, oblivious, philistine, unaware, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, unerudite, uninformed, unlearnt, unmindful, unread, unscholarly, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored

Antonyms

educated, familiar, knowledgable, learned, trained, wise

Related Words

agnorant, ignorable, ignoramus, ignorance, ignore, impolite

Anagrams of ignorant