ignorant
Clueless about facts
Ignorant means lacking knowledge or awareness.
Someone ignorant of the facts doesn't know them: I was completely ignorant of what had been going on.
The word can describe general lack of education or specific unfamiliarity.
In casual speech, ignorant often means rude or ill-mannered: That was an ignorant thing to say—though this usage irritates some people who insist on the original sense.
Given incorrect facts
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- ill-informedLacking adequate knowledge
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
nescient · unversed · unacquainted · uninitiated · untutored · unlearned · unbriefed · nonexpert
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- unmindfulLacking awareness or attention
blind · inattentive · unseeing · unobservant · unperceptive · unwitting · unsuspecting · incognizant
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- credulousProne to blind trust
ingenuous · artless · impressionable · unworldly · simple · idealistic · innocent · guileless
Lacking intelligence or judgment
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
- denseClosely packed together
- thickHaving great depth
- dimLow in light
dull · dumb · slow · foolish · backward · simpleminded · blockheaded · obtuse
Unaware of others' emotions
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- unfeelingWithout compassion or emotion
thoughtless · inconsiderate · tactless · dismissive · disregarding · heedless · unconcerned · unempathetic
misinformed
Given incorrect facts
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- ill-informedLacking adequate knowledge
unenlightened · nescient · unversed · unacquainted · uninitiated · untutored · unlearned · unbriefed · nonexpert · incurious
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- heedlessCareless of consequences
unmindful · blind · inattentive · unseeing · unobservant · unperceptive · unwitting · unsuspecting · incognizant · uncomprehending
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
credulous · ingenuous · artless · impressionable · unworldly · simple · idealistic · innocent · guileless · childlike
stupid
Lacking intelligence or judgment
dim · dull · dumb · slow · foolish · backward · simpleminded · blockheaded · obtuse · moronic
insensitive
Unaware of others' emotions
- callousCruelly insensitive to others
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
unfeeling · thoughtless · inconsiderate · tactless · dismissive · disregarding · heedless · unconcerned · unempathetic · oblivious
inexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
neophyte · greenhorn · apprentice · fledgling · newbie · amateur · learner · trainee · uninitiated · untrained
- Smartsintelligent, genius, smart, gifted, brilliant
- familiarityfamiliar, unfamiliar, known, unknown, acquainted
- Caribbean slangpatois, mon, nuff, cyan, yuh
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- foolishfoolish, stupid, dumb, brainless, witless
- mindlessbrainless, mindless, witless, senseless, unthinking
ignorantknowledgeable
Having extensive information
informed · well-informed · learned · erudite · wise
- ignorance is blissNot knowing protects happiness
- blissful ignorance
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- willfully ignorant
- feign ignoranceFake lack of knowledge
- feigned ignorancePretending not to know
ignorance, ignoramus, ignorantly, ignoramuses, ignorable, ignorances, unignorable