Entry Word: ignorant

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books <the teacher was committed to educating the children of those poor, ignorant farmers>

Synonyms benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Related Words lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

Antonyms educated, knowledgeable, literate, schooled

2 not informed about or aware of something <he was ignorant of their plans>

Synonyms oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, ungrounded, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwitting

Related Words uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive

Near Antonyms conversant, educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught; heedful, observant; sensitive, sentient

Antonyms acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting