Ignoramus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ignoramus is a noun meaning A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Meaning
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
More Meanings
- (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
“I am sorry to say your History teacher is an ignoramus! She can’t even spell ‘Bayeux’!”
“The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
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.
Word Forms
- ignoramuses
- ignorami
- ignoramous
- ignoramusing
- ignoramused
Synonyms for ignoramus
Depending on context, synonyms include dunce, jay, know-nothing, lack-latin, mumpsimus, nescient.
Antonyms for ignoramus
Common opposites include genius, scholar.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include know nothing, ignorant, defiance, dunce, ignoraunce, ignorancy.
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