ignorance

ignorance

noun

Definition of IGNORANCE

1

the state of being unaware or uninformed <ignorance of the law is no excuse>

Synonyms benightedness, cluelessness, incognizance, innocence, nescience, obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity

Related Words callowness, greenness, inexperience, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication

Near Antonyms experience, know-how; sophistication

Antonyms acquaintance, awareness, cognizance, familiarity

2

the state of being unlearned <with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace>

Synonyms illiteracy

Related Words functional illiteracy, innumeracy; brainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity; philistinism; foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessness

Near Antonyms education, instruction, training; enlightenment, knowledge; erudition, scholarship

Antonyms learning, literacy