What is another word for ignorant?
750 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɪɡnəɹənt], [ ˈɪɡnəɹənt], [ ˈɪ_ɡ_n_ə_ɹ_ə_n_t]
Ignorant is a term that refers to someone who lacks knowledge or awareness about something. Some of the synonyms for ignorant are uneducated, uninformed, clueless, unaware, uninstructed, inexperienced, and naive. The word uneducated highlights the lack of formal education, while clueless emphasizes a lack of understanding or insight into a particular subject. Meanwhile, uninformed suggests a lack of awareness about important issues or events. On the other hand, inexperienced could refer to someone who lacks practical knowledge in a certain field. Being aware of these synonyms can help you express yourself more correctly and avoid any misunderstandings in your writing or conversation.
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Similar words for ignorant:
- blind (adjective)
- dense (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- fallible (adjective)
- foolish (adjective)
- green (adjective)
- ignorant (adjective)
- innocent (adjective)
- lost (adjective)
- oafish (adjective)
- simple (adjective)
- thick (adjective)
- unaccustomed (adjective)
- unadvised (adjective)
- unintellectual (adjective)
- unwary (adjective)
- young (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- barbarous (adjective)
- crude (adjective)
- empty (adjective)
- empty-headed (adjective)
- gauche (adjective)
- gross (adjective)
- half-baked (adjective)
- illiterate (adjective)
- incognizant (adjective)
- inexperienced (adjective)
- low-browed (adjective)
- lowbrowed (adjective)
- naive (adjective)
- natural (adjective)
- one-dimensional (adjective)
- primitive (adjective)
- raw (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- rustic (adjective)
- silly (adjective)
- simpleminded (adjective)
- strange (adjective)
- superficial (adjective)
- unacquainted (adjective)
- unaware (adjective)
- unaware, unknowing (adjective)
- uncomprehending (adjective)
- uncultured (adjective)
- uneducated (adjective)
- unfamiliar (adjective)
- uninformed (adjective)
- unknowing (adjective)
- unperceptive (adjective)
- unpracticed (adjective)
- unprofessional (adjective)
- unstudied (adjective)
- untrained (adjective)
- in the dark (adverb)
- ignorant (noun)
- boorish
- flimsy
- inexperienced
- puerile
- slow-witted
- stupid
- uncivilized
- uneducated
- uninformed
- unlearned
- unpracticed
- untrained
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Ignorant:
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adj.
• blind- Imperceptive ,
- purblind ,
- uncomprehending ,
- undiscerning ,
- unperceiving ,
- unperceptive ,
- unreasoning ,
- injudicious ,
- nearsighted ,
- neglectful ,
- unconscious ,
- unmindful .
- absurd ,
- asinine ,
- blithering ,
- blockheaded ,
- bone-headed ,
- brainless ,
- chuckle-headed ,
- crackpot ,
- crazy ,
- cretinous ,
- dim-witted ,
- doltish ,
- dopey ,
- dotty ,
- dumb ,
- foolish ,
- goofy ,
- half-witted ,
- idiotic ,
- imbecilic ,
- inane ,
- jackass ,
- knuckle-headed ,
- lame-brained ,
- loony ,
- meat-headed ,
- moronic ,
- nitwit ,
- nonsensical ,
- stupid .
- Hurtless ,
- Unartificial ,
- Unhurtful ,
- Uninjurious ,
- innoxious ,
- inobnoxious ,
- offenseless ,
- un-artificial ,
- uncool ,
- unmalicious ,
- unsuspicious ,
- well-intentioned ,
- well-meant ,
- wellmeant ,
- wide-eyed .
- all thumbs ,
- blunderous ,
- butterfingered ,
- gawkish ,
- halfwitted ,
- lubberly ,
- undexterous ,
- lumpish ,
- oafish ,
- stumbling .
- in human ,
- in humane ,
- in-human ,
- in-humane ,
- inhuman ,
- monstrous ,
- more brutish ,
- more wolfish ,
- most brutish ,
- most inhuman ,
- most wolfish ,
- un civil ,
- un civilized ,
- un couth ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un-civil ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-couth ,
- un-sophisticated ,
- wicked .
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- ill bred ,
- in decent ,
- in delicate ,
- in elegant ,
- in sensible ,
- in-decent ,
- in-delicate ,
- in-elegant ,
- in-sensible ,
- indecent ,
- loud mouthed ,
- more barnyard ,
- more cloddish ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- more loud mouthed ,
- more loud-mouthed ,
- more lowbred ,
- most barnyard ,
- most cloddish ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- most loud mouthed ,
- most loud-mouthed ,
- most lowbred ,
- un enlightened ,
- un gainlier ,
- un gainliest ,
- un gainly ,
- un skillful ,
- un-enlightened ,
- un-gainlier ,
- un-gainliest ,
- un-gainly ,
- un-skillful .
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- empty ,
- in effectual ,
- in expressive ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in sipid ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-expressive ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- in-sipid ,
- insincere ,
- meaningless ,
- trivial ,
- un intelligent ,
- un real ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un substantial ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-real ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-substantial .
- empty headed ,
- knownothing ,
- more know nothing ,
- more know-nothing ,
- more knownothing ,
- most know nothing ,
- most know-nothing ,
- most knownothing ,
- un schooled ,
- un-schooled .
- in gutter ,
- loudmouthed ,
- low minded ,
- lowminded ,
- more swinish ,
- more undiscriminating ,
- most swinish ,
- most undiscriminating ,
- sexual ,
- un discriminating ,
- un feeling ,
- un refined ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-discriminating ,
- un-refined ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly .
- Sophomoric ,
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- ill conceived ,
- illconceived ,
- in discreet ,
- in-discreet ,
- more boneheaded ,
- more ill conceived ,
- more ill-conceived ,
- more illconceived ,
- most boneheaded ,
- most ill conceived ,
- most ill-conceived ,
- most illconceived ,
- short sighted ,
- un formed ,
- un-formed ,
- under developed ,
- under-developed .
- Solecistic ,
- in erudite ,
- in-erudite ,
- more catachrestic ,
- more inerudite ,
- more solecistic ,
- more unlettered ,
- more unread ,
- more untutored ,
- most catachrestic ,
- most inerudite ,
- most solecistic ,
- most unlettered ,
- most unread ,
- most untutored ,
- un grammatical ,
- un instructed ,
- un learned ,
- un lettered ,
- un read ,
- un tutored ,
- un-grammatical ,
- un-instructed ,
- un-learned ,
- un-lettered ,
- un-read ,
- un-tutored ,
- unread .
- in experienced ,
- in-experienced ,
- kiddest ,
- more amateur ,
- more prentice ,
- more rookie ,
- more unfledged ,
- most amateur ,
- most prentice ,
- most rookie ,
- most unfledged ,
- un disciplined ,
- un fledged ,
- un tried ,
- un trieder ,
- un triedest ,
- un worldlier ,
- un worldliest ,
- un worldly ,
- un-disciplined ,
- un-fledged ,
- un-tried ,
- un-trieder ,
- un-triedest ,
- un-used ,
- un-worldlier ,
- un-worldliest ,
- un-worldly ,
- untried .
- lamber ,
- lambest ,
- like a babe in woods ,
- like a babe the woods ,
- like a babe woods ,
- like babe in the woods ,
- like babe in woods ,
- like babe the woods ,
- like babe woods ,
- more confiding ,
- more sucker ,
- more unjaded ,
- most confiding ,
- most sucker ,
- most unjaded ,
- patsier ,
- patsiest ,
- un affected ,
- un jaded ,
- un suspecting ,
- un-jaded ,
- un-pretentious ,
- un-suspecting ,
- unjaded .
- Undesigning ,
- folksy ,
- in artificial ,
- in-artificial ,
- laidback ,
- more inartificial ,
- more simplehearted ,
- more unassumed ,
- more uncontrived ,
- more undesigning ,
- more unembarrassed ,
- more unlabored ,
- more up front ,
- more up-front ,
- more upfront ,
- most inartificial ,
- most simplehearted ,
- most unassumed ,
- most uncontrived ,
- most undesigning ,
- most unembarrassed ,
- most unlabored ,
- most up front ,
- most up-front ,
- most upfront ,
- un assumed ,
- un contrived ,
- un designing ,
- un embarrassed ,
- un feigned ,
- un forced ,
- un labored ,
- un-assumed ,
- un-contrived ,
- un-designing ,
- un-embarrassed ,
- un-feigned ,
- un-forced ,
- un-labored .
- more atavistic ,
- more nonliterate ,
- more preliterate ,
- more vestigial ,
- most atavistic ,
- most nonliterate ,
- most preliterate ,
- most vestigial ,
- non literate ,
- non-literate ,
- pre literate ,
- pre-literate ,
- preliterate ,
- un cultivated ,
- un domesticated ,
- un tamed ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-developed ,
- un-domesticated ,
- un-tamed ,
- untamed .
- Rudimental ,
- Unfashioned ,
- bad mannered ,
- badmannered ,
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- in artistic ,
- in solent ,
- in-artistic ,
- in-solent ,
- more bad mannered ,
- more bad-mannered ,
- more badmannered ,
- more inartistic ,
- more roughhewn ,
- more unfashioned ,
- more unhewn ,
- most bad mannered ,
- most bad-mannered ,
- most badmannered ,
- most inartistic ,
- most roughhewn ,
- most unfashioned ,
- most unhewn ,
- roughhewn ,
- un fashioned ,
- un finished ,
- un gracious ,
- un hewn ,
- un mannerly ,
- un processed ,
- un-fashioned ,
- un-finished ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-hewn ,
- un-mannerly ,
- un-processed ,
- unprocessed .
- in appropriate ,
- in consistent ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-consistent ,
- more nitwitted ,
- more sheepheaded ,
- most nitwitted ,
- most sheepheaded ,
- muddle headed ,
- muddleheaded ,
- un reasonable ,
- un wise ,
- un wiser ,
- un wisest ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-wise ,
- un-wiser ,
- un-wisest .
- extra-ordinary ,
- farout ,
- un accountable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-usual .
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- more depthless ,
- more quick fix ,
- more quick-fix ,
- more quickfix ,
- more smattery ,
- more warped ,
- most depthless ,
- most quick fix ,
- most quick-fix ,
- most quickfix ,
- most smattery ,
- most warped ,
- nodding ,
- on surface ,
- quick-fix ,
- quickfix ,
- shoalest ,
- skin deep ,
- skindeep ,
- sur face ,
- sur-face ,
- tip iceberg ,
- tip of iceberg ,
- tip the iceberg ,
- un critical ,
- un-critical ,
- uncritical .
- apprenticed ,
- blind to ,
- in the dark ,
- misinformed ,
- obtuse ,
- unenlightened ,
- unknowledgeable ,
- unsuspecting .
- in conversant ,
- in-conversant ,
- more inconversant ,
- most inconversant ,
- out contact ,
- un familiar ,
- un known ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-known .
- more daydreaming ,
- more unbriefed ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most unbriefed ,
- out it ,
- out lunch ,
- un briefed ,
- un informed ,
- un-briefed ,
- un-informed .
- in adequate ,
- in efficient ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-efficient ,
- inefficient ,
- more nonexpert ,
- more unfitting ,
- most nonexpert ,
- most unfitting ,
- non expert ,
- non-expert ,
- un ethical ,
- un fitting ,
- un professional ,
- un suitable ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-ethical ,
- un-fitting ,
- un-professional ,
- un-suitable ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest .
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adv.
• in the dark -
n.
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- ill-informed .
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- knowledge .
- naif .
Other synonyms:
- hazy ,
- heedless ,
- insensitive ,
- lost ,
- shaky ,
- unacquainted ,
- unfamiliar .
- veil .
- blind .
Other relevant words:
• boorish
• flimsy
• inexperienced
• puerile
• slow-witted
• stupid
• uncivilized
• uneducated
• uninformed
• unlearned
• unpracticed
• untrained
- benighted ,
- crude ,
- gauche ,
- green ,
- gross ,
- ingenuous ,
- know nothing ,
- misguided ,
- superstitious ,
- uncultivated ,
- uninstructed ,
- untaught ,
- untutored ,
- vulgar .
- Clodhopping ,
- Depthless ,
- Inartificial ,
- Inconversant ,
- Inerudite ,
- Kidder ,
- Unlabored ,
- atavistic ,
- bad-mannered ,
- barbarous ,
- being oneself ,
- birdbrained ,
- boneheaded ,
- brutish ,
- catachrestic ,
- caught napping ,
- cloddish ,
- clownish ,
- clueless ,
- empty-headed ,
- emptyheaded ,
- extra ordinary ,
- fallible ,
- grody ,
- half-baked ,
- ill-bred ,
- ill-conceived ,
- illbred ,
- illiterate ,
- in the gutter ,
- inartistic ,
- inhumane ,
- innocent ,
- know-nothing ,
- laid back ,
- like a babe in the woods ,
- loud-mouthed ,
- lowbred ,
- lowbrow ,
- naive ,
- natural ,
- nitwitted ,
- nonexpert ,
- nonliterate ,
- not associated ,
- not informed ,
- not knowing ,
- not told ,
- not versed in ,
- on the surface ,
- one-dimensional ,
- out of contact ,
- poorly planned ,
- prentice ,
- raw ,
- roughly made ,
- sheepheaded ,
- shoaler ,
- silly ,
- simple ,
- simplehearted ,
- simpleminded ,
- smattery ,
- spring chicken ,
- strange ,
- swinish ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- unassumed ,
- unbriefed ,
- uncontrived ,
- uncultured ,
- undiscriminating ,
- unembarrassed ,
- unfamiliar with ,
- unfitting ,
- unfledged ,
- unheard of ,
- unhewn ,
- uninitiate ,
- unlettered ,
- unprofessional ,
- untrained ,
- unversed ,
- unwary ,
- unwitting ,
- up-front ,
- upfront ,
- vestigial ,
- wet behind ears ,
- wolfish .
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How to use "Ignorant" in context?
When most people think about ignorance, they imagine someone who is completely unaware of their surroundings or of the world around them. In reality, however, ignorance can take many different forms. Sometimes, people may be unaware of certain facts or information. Other times, they may be unaware of their own capabilities or limitations. In any case, ignorance can be a hindrance to one's ability to fully understand the world around them.
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