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BENIGHTED Synonyms

17 synonyms for benighted. (exact relations)
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backward

adverb, adjective

adv, adj

adjective

• directed or facing toward the back or rear

• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

adverb

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

• in or to or toward a past time

adjective satellite

• retarded in intellectual development

• having made less than normal progress

ignorant

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective satellite

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

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

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

illiterate

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective

• not able to read or write

• lacking culture, especially in language and literature

noun

• a person unable to read

adjective satellite

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

nescient

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

primitive

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

unaware

adjective

adj

adjective

• (often followed by `of') not aware

uncivilized

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• without civilizing influences

undeveloped

adjective

adj

adjective

• not developed, mature, or fully formulated

• not developed, improved, exploited or used

uneducated

adjective

adj

adjective

• not having a good education

unenlightened

adjective

adj

adjective

• not enlightened; ignorant

adjective satellite

• lacking information or instruction

uninformed

adjective

adj

adjective

• not informed; lacking in knowledge or information

uninstructed

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• lacking information or instruction

unknowing

adjective

adj

noun

• ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

adjective satellite

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

unschooled

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• lacking in schooling

unsophisticated

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

dark

adjective

adj

adjective

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

noun

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

adjective satellite

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

nighted

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• overtaken by night or darkness

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