Ignorant

Quick meaning: Ignorant is an adjective meaning Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

Meaning

Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

More Meanings

1. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
2. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
3. One who is ignorant.
4. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
5. (obsolete) Unknown; undiscovered

Example Sentences

His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

That night he slept the sleep of happiness, blissfully ignorant that he had placed the letters in the wrong envelopes.

The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without an heart?

That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;

Word Forms

• ignoranter
• ignorantest
• ignoraunt
• ignant
• ignorants

Synonyms for ignorant

Depending on context, synonyms include benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ill-informed, illiterate.

Antonyms for ignorant

Common opposites include educated, familiar, knowledgable, learned, trained, wise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unknowledgeable, unenlightened, illiterate, unlettered, inexperienced, unlearned.

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