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- pronunciation:
- Ig
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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definition 1: |
lacking knowledge or education.
It is easier for corrupt leaders to control an ignorant population.Many of the children grow up ignorant because they have no access to schools.- synonyms:
- illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unschooled, untaught, untutored
- antonyms:
- cultured, educated, erudite, knowledgeable, learned, versed, well-read
- similar words:
- naive, unread, wide-eyed
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definition 2: |
resulting from or revealing a lack of knowledge or education.
We're making an ignorant assumption, and we should probably check the facts.- synonyms:
- benighted, illiterate, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting
- similar words:
- callow, green, half-baked, ingenuous, lowbrow, naive, unintelligent
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definition 3: |
unaware; uninformed.
Many of us are ignorant of other cultures.He was ignorant of the fact that the law had changed.- synonyms:
- in the dark, oblivious of, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unlearned
- antonyms:
- aware, cognizant, conversant
- similar words:
- blind, illiterate
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related words: |
idiotic, lay, unconscious |
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