English Explanatory Dictionary

ignorant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/ en-us-ignorant.ogg /ˈɪɡ.nənt/

Word forms

ignorant ignoranter more ignorant ignorantest most ignorant ignoraunt ignant ignorants

Etymology

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.

Synonyms

benighted cimmerian clueless foolish ignorant ill-informed illiterate innocent lack-learning lay lewd loreless nescient oblivious philistine tenebrose unaware uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened unerudite uninformed unknowing unknowledgeable unlearned unlearnt unlettered unmindful unread unscholarly unschooled untaught untrained untutored unwitting

Antonyms

educated familiar knowledgable learned trained wise

Related words

agnorant ignorable ignoramus ignorance ignore impolite

Derived words

ignorantism ignorantist ignorantly ignorantness ignorati nonignorant pig-ignorant superignorant unignorant
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