Synonyms for ignorant
ˈɪg nər əntig·no·rant

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1. ignorant

   Ignorant signifies destitute of education or knowledge, or lacking knowledge or information; it is thus a relative term. The most learned man is still ignorant of many things; persons are spoken of as ignorant who have not the knowledge that has become generally diffused in the world; the ignorant savage may be well instructed in matters of the field and the chase, and is thus more properly untutored than ignorant. Illiterate is without letters and the knowledge that comes through reading. Unlettered is similar in meaning to illiterate, but less absolute; the unlettered man may have acquired the art of reading and writing and some elementary knowledge; the uneducated man has never taken any systematic course of mental training. Ignorance is relative; illiteracy is absolute; we have statistics of illiteracy; no statistics of ignorance are possible.

   Synonyms:
   ill-informed, illiterate, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unskilled, untaught, untutored

   Antonyms:
   educated, instructed, learned, sage, skilled, trained, well-informed, wise

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1. ignorant

   Synonyms:
   untaught, uneducated, uninformed, unlearned, illiterate, unlettered

   Antonyms:
   wise, learned, cultured, cultivated, well-informed

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1. ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unletteredadjective

   uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

   "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"

   Synonyms:
   innate, nescient, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unlearned, illiterate, analphabetic, unbelieving, unknowing, unconditioned, unwitting

   Antonyms:
   informed, educated

2. ignorant, illiterateadjective

   uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

   "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"

   Synonyms:
   nescient, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unlearned, illiterate, unknowing, unwitting

   Antonyms:
   educated, informed

3. ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwittingadjective

   unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

   "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"

   Synonyms:
   unplanned, nescient, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unlearned, illiterate, unknowing, unintentional, unwitting

   Antonyms:
   educated, informed

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1. ignorantadjective

   Synonyms:
   unlearned, uninstructed, uninformed, uneducated, untaught, unenlightened, blind, illiterate, unlettered, dark

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1. ignorantadjective

   Synonyms:
   illiterate, inerudite unenlightened, uninformed, unlearned, untaught, uneducated, unlettered, nescient, quackish, charlatanic

   Antonyms:
   educated, instructed, schooled, trained, proficient, learned

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1. List of paraphrases for "ignorant":

   ignorance, unaware, ignoramus, benighted, uninformed

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1. Morgan Wallen:

   I was around some of my friends and we just, we say dumb stuff together. In our minds it's playful. It sounds ignorant but that's really where it came from, and it's wrong, we were all clearly drunk and I was asking his girlfriend to take care of him because he was drunk and he was leaving. I didn't mean it in any derogatory manner at all.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

4. Jonathan Swift:

   What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.

5. Socrates:

   Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.