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Synonyms for ignorance
ˈɪg nər ənsig·no·rance

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Wiktionary3.3 / 4 votes

  1. ignorancenoun

    Synonyms:
    unawareness, blindness

  2. Ignorancenoun

    A personification of ignorance.

    Synonyms:
    blindness, unawareness

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 11 votes

  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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Editors Contribution2.0 / 2 votes

  1. lack of knowledge

    Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ignorancenoun

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. ignorancenoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "ignorance":

    ignorant, unawareness, disregard, dark, unfamiliarity

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1640dark
#11981ignorance
#13300ignoring
#14614ignorant
#18414disregard
#18620blindness
#63840inexperience
#121757unfamiliarity
#164053unawareness

How to use ignorance in a sentence?

  1. Michael Jackson:

    Prejudice is ignorance.

  2. Graham Greene:

    Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil --or else an absolute ignorance.

  3. Ferguson Committeewoman Patricia Bynes:

    The fact that police officers and municipal court officials are using their public emails to tell racial jokes, that just reeks of arrogance and ignorance, it's astounding. They think they are untouchable. The taxpayers have been paying for that racial bias.

  4. Kedar Joshi:

    I am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity.

  5. Sir Anthony Hawkins:

    Your ignorance, cramps my conversation.


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