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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Ignorant to its horrors the way my grandfather decidedly was not, we’ve made it part of our holiday decor.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Former Wales captain and current Wales Under-18s head coach Siwan Lillicrap, external writing on X: "I can't believe my eyes - shame on you @neathrfc! Ignorant, unacceptable and inappropriate."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Ignorant of what is happening underwater, many river engineers continue to make bad situations worse by sticking with conventional methods of trying to hold back floods.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

John Adams saw the America that was to come as part of a providential design “for the Illumination of the Ignorant and the Emancipation of the slavish Part of Mankind all over the Earth.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2018

Ignorant, in the Handdara sense: to ignore the abstraction, to hold fast to the thing.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Vocabulary lists containing ignorant

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"Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats

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