untaught

un·taught

adjective \-ˈtȯt\

Definition of UNTAUGHT

1

: not instructed or trained : ignorant

2

: natural, spontaneous <untaught kindness>

Examples of UNTAUGHT

1. <an untaught artist whose primitive paintings are now prized by collectors>

First Known Use of UNTAUGHT

14th century

Related to UNTAUGHT

Synonyms

analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, ignorant, untutored

Antonyms

educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words

functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms

brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

Rhymes with UNTAUGHT

a thought, Connacht, distraught, dreadnought, forethought, free thought, handwrought, high-wrought, in-wrought, onslaught, self-taught, store-bought, unsought, unthought