ignorant

The word “ignorant” has 2 syllables: ig-norant

It's pronounced as /ˈɪɡnərənt/


What is synonym and antonym for ignorant?

In the thesaurus, “ignorant” has 79 synonyms and 47 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ignorant along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ignorant

  • absent
  • absentminded
  • abstracted
  • analphabetic
  • apprenticed
  • artless
  • benighted
  • birdbrained
  • blind to
  • brainless
  • callow
  • clueless
  • cretinous
  • dark
  • dense
  • dumb
  • foolish
  • functionally illiterate
  • green
  • heedless
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • illiterate
  • imbecile
  • imbecilic
  • in the dark
  • inattentive
  • incognizant
  • inconscient
  • inexperienced
  • innocent
  • innumerate
  • insensible
  • lowbrow
  • mindless
  • misinformed
  • moronic
  • naive
  • nescient
  • nonliterate
  • oblivious
  • obtuse
  • philistine
  • raw
  • rude
  • semiliterate
  • senseless
  • shallow
  • silly
  • simple
  • stupid
  • thick
  • unacquainted
  • unaware
  • unconscious
  • unconversant
  • uncultivated
  • uncultured
  • uneducated
  • unenlightened
  • uninformed
  • uninitiated
  • uninstructed
  • unintellectual
  • unknowing
  • unknowledgeable
  • unlearned
  • unlettered
  • unmindful
  • unread
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • untaught
  • untrained
  • untutored
  • unwitting
  • witless

Antonyms for ignorant

  • acquainted
  • au courant
  • aware
  • brilliant
  • cognizant
  • competent
  • conscious
  • conversant
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • educated
  • erudite
  • experienced
  • expert
  • familiar
  • grounded
  • heedful
  • highbrow
  • hip
  • informed
  • intellectual
  • intelligent
  • knowing
  • knowledgeable
  • learned
  • lettered
  • literate
  • mindful
  • observant
  • plugged-in
  • polyhistoric
  • polymath
  • polymathic
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • sensitive
  • sentient
  • smart
  • sophisticated
  • talented
  • taught
  • trained
  • up-to-date
  • well-informed
  • well-read
  • wise
  • witting

Meanings of ignorant

  • noun
    1. One who is ignorant.
  • adjective
    1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
    2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
    3. Ill-mannered, crude.
    4. Unknown; undiscovered.
    5. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

Example Sentences

  • It's unfortunate that some people remain ignorant of the facts despite the available information.
  • Making assumptions without seeking understanding only showcases one's ignorant attitude.
  • Education is key to combating ignorant beliefs and prejudices in society.
  • She was shocked by his ignorant comments about the subject he knew nothing about.
  • It's important not to dismiss someone as ignorant but instead to offer opportunities for learning and growth.

On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ignorant, such as: absent, absentminded, abstracted, acquainted, analphabetic, apprenticed, artless.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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oafish

  • absurd
  • airheaded
  • all thumbs
  • asinine
  • balmy
  • birdbrained
  • blundering
  • blunderous
  • bonehead
  • boneheaded
  • boobish
  • brain-dead
  • brainless
  • bubbleheaded
  • bumbling
  • bungling
  • butterfingered
  • chuckleheaded
  • cockeyed
  • crackpot
  • crazy
  • cretinous
  • cuckoo
  • daffy
  • daft
  • dense
  • dim
  • dim-witted
  • dippy
  • doltish
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • dorky
  • dotty
  • dull
  • dumb
  • dunderheaded
  • empty-headed
  • fallacious
  • fatuous
  • featherheaded
  • feebleminded
  • fool
  • foolish
  • gawkish
  • gawky
  • gormless
  • graceless
  • half-baked
  • half-witted
  • harebrained
  • heavy-handed
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • ignorant
  • illiterate
  • illogical
  • imbecile
  • imbecilic
  • inelegant
  • inept
  • insane
  • invalid
  • irrational
  • klutzy
  • knuckleheaded
  • kookie
  • kooky
  • lamebrain
  • lamebrained
  • looney
  • loony
  • lowbrow
  • lubberly
  • lumbering
  • lumpish
  • lunatic
  • lunkheaded
  • mad
  • mindless
  • moronic
  • nonsensical
  • nutty
  • obtuse
  • opaque
  • pinheaded
  • preposterous
  • sappy
  • screwball
  • senseless
  • silly
  • simple
  • simpleminded
  • slow
  • slow-witted
  • soft
  • softheaded
  • stumbling
  • stupid
  • thick
  • thick-witted
  • thickheaded
  • tomfool
  • uncoordinated
  • undexterous
  • uneducated
  • ungainly
  • uninformed
  • unintellectual
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonable
  • unsmart
  • untaught
  • unthinking
  • unwise
  • vacuous
  • wacky
  • weak-minded
  • whacky
  • witless
  • zany

fallible

unawares

illiterate

  • analphabetic
  • anti-intellectual
  • artless
  • ass
  • benighted
  • blockhead
  • brainless
  • callow
  • catachrestic
  • dark
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • dope
  • dumb
  • dumbbell
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • fathead
  • fool
  • foolish
  • functionally illiterate
  • goon
  • green
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • idiot
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • ignoramus
  • ignorant
  • imbecile
  • imbecilic
  • inerudite
  • inexperienced
  • innocent
  • innumerate
  • jackass
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lowbrow
  • moron
  • moronic
  • naive
  • nitwit
  • nonliterate
  • nonstandard
  • numbskull
  • numskull
  • philistine
  • pinhead
  • raw
  • rude
  • semiliterate
  • senseless
  • silly
  • simple
  • solecistic
  • stupid
  • substandard
  • uncultivated
  • uncultured
  • uneducated
  • unenlightened
  • ungrammatical
  • unidiomatic
  • uninstructed
  • unknowledgeable
  • unlearned
  • unlettered
  • unread
  • unschooled
  • unskilled
  • unsophisticated
  • untaught
  • untrained
  • untutored
  • witless

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