ignorant

  • (s) 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
    nescient, unlettered, unlearned,
  • (s) 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
    illiterate,
  • (s) unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
    • he was completely ignorant of the circumstances
    • an unknowledgeable assistant
    • his rudeness was unwitting
    unknowing, unknowledgeable, unwitting,

Synonyms

nescient unlettered unlearned illiterate unknowing unknowledgeable unwitting

Words of close approximity

ignorantly ignorantness