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Adjectives (11)
illiterate, ignorant
adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
ignorant, inexperienced
adj. lacking practical experience or training
ignorant, unversed
adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
ignorant, nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered
adj. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
Fuzzynyms (35)
uninformed
adj. not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"
ignorant, inexperienced
adj. lacking practical experience or training
primitive, crude, barbarous, gothic
adj. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
uninformed
adj. not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"
ignorant, nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered
adj. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
illiterate, ignorant
adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
unaware
adj. (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"
strange, unfamiliar
adj. not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
unknowing, unsuspecting, unwitting
adj. (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader"
uninformed
adj. not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"
ignorant, inexperienced
adj. lacking practical experience or training
unaware
adj. (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"
strange, unfamiliar
adj. not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
primitive, crude, barbarous, gothic
adj. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"
philistine, anti-intellectual
adj. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
unenlightened
adj. not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
unrefined
adj. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
Synonyms (30)
ignorant, nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered
adj. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
undereducated
adj. poorly or insufficiently educated
unschooled, untaught, untutored
adj. lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
artless, unsophisticated, unworldly
adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
simple, childlike, dewy-eyed
adj. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
credulous
adj. showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
green, unwary, unsuspecting, fleeceable, gullible
adj. naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
innocent, ingenuous
adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
simple-minded
adj. lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument"
illiterate, ignorant
adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
undereducated
adj. poorly or insufficiently educated
unschooled, untaught, untutored
adj. lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
Antonyms (8)
educated
adj. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
sophisticated
adj. having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
knowledgeable, versed
adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
familiar
adj. well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
special, unusual, extraordinary
adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
ignorant of
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