ignorant
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ignorant
adj 1: 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" [syn: {ignorant},
{nescient}, {unlearned}, {unlettered}]
2: 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"
[syn: {ignorant}, {illiterate}]
3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or
knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances";
"an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
[syn: {ignorant}, {unknowledgeable}, {unknowing},
{unwitting}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ignorant \Ig"no*rant\, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr.
of ignorare to be ignorant. See {Ignore}.]
1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed;
untaught; unenlightened.
[1913 Webster]
He that doth not know those things which are of use
for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he
may know besides. --Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with
of.
[1913 Webster]
Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Ignorant concealment. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
[1913 Webster]
His shipping,
Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas,
Like eggshells moved. --Shak.
Syn: Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed;
unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- {Ignorant},
{Illiterate}. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either
as to single subject or information in general;
illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of
knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle
Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were
illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant,
especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.
[1913 Webster]
In such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
In the first ages of Christianity, not only the
learned and the wise, but the ignorant and
illiterate, embraced torments and death.
--Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "ignorant":
a novice at, a stranger to, awkward, benighted, blankminded,
boorish, brainless, callow, crude, disaccustomed, discourteous,
dumb, empty, empty-headed, foolish, fresh, gauche, green,
green as grass, groping, gross, headless, ill-mannered, illiterate,
immature, impolite, in the dark, inane, incognizant, inept,
inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insensate, irrational,
know-nothing, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, lowbrow,
mindless, naive, nescient, new to, not bright, oblivious,
of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, raw, reasonless, rude,
rusty, senseless, simple, slackminded, slackwitted, strange to,
tentative, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted,
unacquainted with, unapprized, unaware, uncivil, uncomprehending,
unconscious, unconversant, unconversant with, uncouth, uncultured,
undeveloped, uneducated, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar,
unfamiliar with, unfledged, ungifted, unhabituated, unhardened,
unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in,
uninstructed, unintellectual, unintelligent, uninured, unknowing,
unlearned, unlettered, unmatured, unposted, unpracticed,
unpracticed in, unprogressive, unread, unreasoning, unripe,
unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled in, unsophisticated, unsure,
untalented, untaught, unthinking, untrained, untried, untutored,
unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, unwise, unwitting,
unwonted, vacuous, weaned, witless
[email protected]