Definitions

ignorant

[ig-ner-uhnt] / ˈɪg nər ənt /

ADJECTIVE

unaware, unknowing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

illiterate innocent naive oblivious obtuse uneducated uninformed

WEAK

apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green imbecilic in the dark inexperienced insensible mindless misinformed moronic nescient shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured unenlightened uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unlettered unmindful unread unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

educated experienced intelligent learned taught

WEAK

aware competent knowledgeable literate talented wise

Example Sentences

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I was so ignorant, so steeped in not knowing, that I did not even know what I didn’t know.

From Literature

On Friday morning ap Iorwerth was asked on BBC Radio Wales if his reference to "ignorance", which was trailed ahead of his speech, meant he was suggesting Reform voters were ignorant.

From BBC

Those supposedly ignorant girls got the last laugh.

From Literature

Often, they "are ignorant of the history" of French colonisation -- even their ban on speaking native Ivorian languages in schools, he added.

From Barron's

He wanted to stay numb and ignorant and safe.

From Literature

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