none the wiser
No more informed
None the wiser means no more informed or aware than before: I asked three people and came away none the wiser.
Often used after someone has tried to hide something: She slipped back in and her parents were none the wiser.
The phrase suggests that understanding hasn't improved despite effort or the passage of time.
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
unsuspecting · in the dark · out of the loop · uninitiated · unenlightened · naive · innocent · unacquainted
Misled into false belief
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- dupedDeceived into believing
- trickedMisled by cunning
- misledCaused to believe falsely
hoodwinked · bamboozled · conned · taken in · covered up · concealed · hidden · withheld
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
unknowing · unsuspecting · in the dark · out of the loop · uninitiated · unenlightened · naive · innocent · unacquainted · unapprised
deceived
Misled into false belief
misled · hoodwinked · bamboozled · conned · taken in · covered up · concealed · hidden · withheld · smokescreen
- naivetygreenhorn, newbie, tenderfoot, raw recruit, born yesterday
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
none the wiserenlightened
Possessing profound insight
informed · educated · in the know · clued in · wise to it
none the wiseraware
Having knowledge of
cognizant · savvy · enlightened · eyes opened · understanding