What does ignoramus mean?
Ignoramus means A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool..
Ignoramus
/ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ · noun
Meaning
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool..
Definitions by Sense
- A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
- (law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
- (law, transitive) To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
Example Sentences
The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
“The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
“I am sorry to say your History teacher is an ignoramus! She can’t even spell ‘Bayeux’!”
Synonyms for ignoramus
Antonyms for ignoramus
Related Words
Word Forms
- ignoramuses
- ignorami
- ignoramous
- ignoramusing
- ignoramused
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for ignoramus?
Common synonyms include dunce, ignoramus, jay, know-nothing.
What is the opposite of ignoramus?
Possible antonyms include genius, scholar.
How do you use ignoramus in a sentence?
The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
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