Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər ənsig·no·rance

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1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   unawareness, blindness

2. Ignorancenoun

   A personification of ignorance.

   Synonyms:
   blindness, unawareness

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.73 / 11 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ignorance

   Synonyms:
   ignoring, inexperience, unfamiliarity

   Antonyms:
   acquaintance, association, companionship, experience, familiarity, fellowship, friendship, intimacy, knowledge

Princeton's WordNet

1. ignorancenoun

   the lack of knowledge or education

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1. • Cognitive Content

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. lack of knowledge

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   illiteracy, nescience, darkness, blindness, want of knowledge

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1. ignorancenoun

   Synonyms:
   illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience, quackery, charlatanry

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1. List of paraphrases for "ignorance":

   ignorant, unawareness, disregard, dark, unfamiliarity

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1. Heraclitus:

   It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

2. Charles De Gaulle:

   Ignorance can be cured. Stupidity cannot be cured but it can be muffled with duct-tape.

3. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.

4. Wesley D'Amico:

   Wisdom has the same self-esteem as ignorance.

5. Plato:

   Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.