uncomprehending - 4 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | uncomprehending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blind |
| Synonyms: | careless, dull, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, indiscriminate, injudicious, insensitive, myopic, nearsighted, neglectful, oblivious, purblind, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unobservant, unperceptive, unseeing, imperceptive, undiscerning, unperceiving, unreasoning |
| Main Entry: | vacuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | blank, drained, dull, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, inane, minus*, shallow, silly*, stupid, superficial, vacant, void, airheaded, birdbrained, emptied, lamebrained, uncomprehending, unreasoning |
| Notes: | vacant pertains mainly to things (vacant house) while vacuous pertains mainly to the absence or near absence of meaning or intelligence (vacuous expression) |
| Antonyms: | aware, filled, full, intelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obtuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow to understand |
| Synonyms: | dense, dopey*, dull*, dumb, insensitive, opaque, stolid, thick, unintelligent, imperceptive, slow on uptake, uncomprehending |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, quick, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dumbfounded |
| Synonyms: | bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, disconcerted, muddled, stupefied, at a loss, awestruck, nonplussed, uncomprehending, wonderstruck |
| Antonyms: | aware, excited, understanding |
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