Synonyms of unknowledgeable
35 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for unknowledgeable is ignorant. Other synonyms of unknowledgeable are unwitting, uncultured, unlearned, uncultivated and ill-informed. The opposite of unknowledgeable is informed.
Synonyms and similar words for unknowledgeable
adjectiveLacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
- uninformed
- benighted
- cimmerian
- clueless
- foolish
- ignorantUnknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- ill-informedPoorly informed; ignorant.
- illiterate
- innocent
- nescient
- oblivious
- philistine derogatory
- tenebrose figurativelyMorally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
- unaware
- uncultivatedInadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge.
- unculturedNot cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement; philistine.
- uneducatedNot educated.
- unenlightenedNot enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
- uneruditeNot erudite; uneducated.
- unknowing
- unlearnedIgnorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
- unlearnt
- unlettered
- unmindful
- unread
- unscholarlyNot scholarly.
- unschooled
- untaught
- untrainedLacking training, not having been instructed in something.
- untutoredUntrained, not taught or educated in a field of knowledge.
- unwittingUnaware or uninformed; oblivious.
- lack-learning obsoleteIgnorant.
- lay obsolete
- lewd obsolete
- loreless archaicWithout lore or learning; uneducated.
Opposite of unknowledgeable
adjectiveLacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
- knowledgeable
- nonignorantNot ignorant.
- unignorantNot ignorant.
- informed
Meaning of unknowledgeable
- adjective Lacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
Questions about synonyms of unknowledgeable
- What is another word for unknowledgeable?
- Unknowledgeable has 35 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ignorant, unwitting, uncultured, unlearned, uncultivated, ill-informed, uneducated and untrained.
- What is the opposite of unknowledgeable?
- The opposite of unknowledgeable is informed.
- What does unknowledgeable mean?
- Unknowledgeable means lacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
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