| Main Entry: | uninstructed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
Synonyms: |
apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless |
| Main Entry: | illiterate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to read well; lacking education |
Synonyms: |
benighted, catachrestic, ignorant, inerudite, solecistic, uneducated, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored |
Antonyms: |
able, educated, learned, literate, taught |
| Main Entry: | oblivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, ignorant |
Synonyms: |
absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, neglectful, negligent, not all there, out to lunch, overlooking, preoccupied, regardless, spacey, strung out, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, undiscerning, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unrecognizing, unwitting, zonked |
| Notes: | oblivious means lacking all memory or lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge, while obvious means easily perceived or understood |
Antonyms: |
aware, concerned, conscious, mindful, sensitive, understanding |
| Main Entry: | unaccustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not prepared, ready; new |
Synonyms: |
ignorant, incompetent, inexperienced, newcome, not given to, not used to, novice, too green, unacquainted, unfamiliar with, uninformed, uninstructed, unpracticed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, unused to, unversed in |
Antonyms: |
accustomed, prepared, ready |
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
Synonyms: |
blind, careless, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, deaf to, doped, forgetful, heedless, in a daze, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, mooning, negligent, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, oblivious, out cold, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting |
Antonyms: |
aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
| Main Entry: | uneducated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking knowledge |
Synonyms: |
benighted, empty-headed, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, inerudite, know-nothing, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, unschooled, untaught, untutored |
Antonyms: |
educated, intelligent, learned, lettered, taught |
| Main Entry: | unfamiliar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced; not knowing about |
Synonyms: |
ignorant, incognizant, inconversant, not associated, not versed in, oblivious, out of contact, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unaware, unconversant, uninformed, uninitiated, uninstructed, unknowing, unknown, unpracticed, unskilled, unversed, unwitting |
Antonyms: |
experienced, familiar, knowing, versed |
| Main Entry: | uninformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware |
Synonyms: |
blind, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inattentive, negligent, not informed, not told, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, unbriefed, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninstructed, unknowing, unschooled |
| Main Entry: | unknowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware |
Synonyms: |
blank, blind, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, ignorant, in the dark, inattentive, negligent, not informed, not knowing, not told, oblivious, out of it, out to lunch, unbriefed, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninstructed, unschooled |
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
Synonyms: |
accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, inconversant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, undesigned, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unintended, unintentional, unknowing, unmeant, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking |
Antonyms: |
conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |