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the state of being unaware or uninformed<ignorance of the law is no excuse>Synonymsobliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarityRelated Wordscallowness, greenness, inexperience, innocence, naïveté (also naivete), rawness, simpleness, unsophisticationNear Antonymsexperience, know-how; sophisticationAntonymsacquaintance, awareness, familiarity
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the state of being unlearned<with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace>SynonymsilliteracyRelated Wordsbrainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity; philistinism; foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessnessNear Antonymseducation, instruction, training; enlightenment, knowledge; erudition, scholarshipAntonymslearning, literacy
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