|
|
- pronunciation:
- Ig
n
rnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| related words: |
idiotic, lay, unconscious |
adverb + (adj.)ignorant
abysmally,
blissfully,
breathtakingly,
completely,
dangerously,
deliberately,
either,
entirely,
equally,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
fundamentally,
hopelessly,
incredibly,
invincibly,
largely,
profoundly,
relatively,
remarkably,
sadly,
scientifically,
sexually,
terribly,
totally,
tragically,
utterly,
vastly,
wholly,
willfully,
woefully
[See all][See only the most frequent]
(adj.)ignorant
+ adverb
backward
(adj.)ignorant
+ noun
advance,
bigot,
bliss,
bumpkin,
bureaucrat,
comment,
conspiracy,
danger,
economics,
existence,
fellow,
fool,
geography,
mass,
mob,
origin,
peasant,
people,
population,
prejudice,
racism,
racist,
remark,
savage,
serf,
servant,
shepherd,
superstition,
youth
[See all][See only the most frequent]
|
The word ignorant
contains the following parts:
i-
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  Example words:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
|