untaught

un·taught

adj \-ˈtȯt\

Definition of UNTAUGHT

1

: not instructed or trained : ignorant

2

: natural, spontaneous <untaught kindness>

Examples of UNTAUGHT

1. <an untaught artist whose primitive paintings are now prized by collectors>

First Known Use of UNTAUGHT

14th century

Related to UNTAUGHT

Synonyms: analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, ignorant, untutored

Antonyms: educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words: functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms: brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

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Rhymes with UNTAUGHT

a thought, Connacht, distraught, dreadnought, forethought, free thought, handwrought, high-wrought, in-wrought, onslaught, self-taught, store-bought, unsought, unthought