ignorant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- uninformed, benighted, inexperienced, innocent, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, uninitiated, unwitting
- uneducated, illiterate
- insensitive, crass, half-baked (informal), rude

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Contrasted words: educated, erudite, learned, literate, aware, conscious, conversant, informed, knowing, knowledgeable
Related Idioms: in the dark
Related Words: lowbrow, uncultured, unintellectual, callow, green, inexperienced, crude, gross, raw, uncouth, ingenuous, naive, simple, unsophisticated

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ig‧no‧rant AC /ˈɪɡnərənt/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: ignorance; adverb: ignorantly; adjective: ignorant]

1. not knowing facts or information that you ought to know:
an ignorant and uneducated man
ignorant of
Political historians are often rather ignorant of economics.
ignorant about
Many people remain blissfully ignorant about the dangers of too much sun (=happy because they do not know about the dangers).

2. caused by a lack of knowledge and understanding:
an ignorant remark
ignorant opinions

3. British English spoken rude or impolite:
ignorant behaviour
—ignorantly adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ignorant
adj.
VERBS appear, be, feel, seem | remain The general public remained totally ignorant of the danger.
keep sb We were kept ignorant of the facts.
ADV. completely, entirely, pig (informal), quite, totally, utterly, very, wholly Don't ask Paul. He's pig ignorant.
largely | rather | blissfully We went to bed that night blissfully ignorant of the storm to come.
grossly, lamentably, woefully
PREP. about He was completely ignorant about the country's political system.
of We are still woefully ignorant of the causes of this disease.

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