IGNORANT Synonyms

• not able to read or write

• lacking culture, especially in language and literature

• a person unable to read

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

• ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

• not established by conditioning or learning

• not well learned

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

• totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• lacking practical experience or training

• marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

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

• inexperienced

• lacking information or instruction

• not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

• (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of

• failing to keep in mind

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

• (often followed by `of') not aware

• not having a good education

• not informed; lacking in knowledge or information

• lacking in schooling

• lacking in schooling

• not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training

• 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

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

• having little acquaintance with writing

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

• not aware or knowing

• not done with purpose or intent

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge