ignoramuses
Clueless, uninformed people
Ignoramuses is the plural of ignoramus, a person who is notably ignorant or uninformed.
The word carries more bite than simply calling someone uninformed—it suggests willful or embarrassing lack of knowledge: The ignoramuses on the committee voted down the proposal without reading it.
The alternative plural ignorami, modeled on Latin, is sometimes used humorously but is not historically correct.
Idiots or deceives
- duncesSlow-witted people
- dimwitsFoolish, unintelligent people
- doltsSlow-witted people
- nitwitsFoolish, silly people
blockheads · simpletons · dunderheads · numbskulls · halfwits · nincompoops · boneheads · know-nothings
Unintelligent or naive people
- innocentsBlameless individuals
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- rubesGullible country folk
- bumpkinsUnsophisticated country people
hicks · ingenues · babes · tenderfeet · gullible · credulous · unsophisticated · unworldly
Thoroughly foolish people
- moronsExceptionally foolish people
- imbecilesProfoundly unintelligent people
- buffoonsFoolish, comical people
- clodsSoil lumps or dolts
lunkheads · clowns · oafs · dullards · cretins · ninnies · twits · boobs
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
beginners · dilettantes · hacks · dabblers · fumbling · inept · unskilled · untrained
fools
Idiots or deceives
nitwits · blockheads · simpletons · dunderheads · numbskulls · halfwits · nincompoops · boneheads · know-nothings · illiterates
simpletons
Unintelligent or naive people
- innocentsBlameless individuals
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
- rubesGullible country folk
bumpkins · hicks · ingenues · babes · tenderfeet · gullible · credulous · unsophisticated · unworldly · wide-eyed
idiots
Thoroughly foolish people
- moronsExceptionally foolish people
- imbecilesProfoundly unintelligent people
- buffoonsFoolish, comical people
clods · lunkheads · clowns · oafs · dullards · cretins · ninnies · twits · boobs · louts
bunglers
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
greenhorns · beginners · dilettantes · hacks · dabblers · fumbling · inept · unskilled · untrained · unqualified
ignoramusesscholars
Experts in a field
intellectuals · savants · experts · polymaths · sages
ignoramusesgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
masterminds · prodigies · wise men · sages · whizzes
ignoramusessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
intelligentsia · literati · men of letters · highbrows · connoisseurs