Synonyms of ignoramus

ignoramus

noun

ˌig-nə-ˈrā-məs 

as in idiot

a stupid person

only an ignoramus would be foiled by the building's security system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• prat
• imbecile
• dummy
• fool
• know-nothing
• loser
• numbskull
• dolt
• dullard
• mutt
• simpleton
• dunderhead
• dimwit
• dunce
• blockhead
• bonehead
• cretin
• donkey
• pinhead
• jackass
• knucklehead
• lunkhead
• ninny
• oaf
• dumbhead
• airhead
• chucklehead
• numskull
• nitwit
• loon
• half-wit
• doofus
• dummkopf
• stupe
• nincompoop
• goof
• goon
• hardhead
• nimrod
• dork
• schnook
• dope
• bubblehead
• jerk
• clown
• meathead
• golem
• turkey
• dumb cluck
• ratbag
• dum-dum
• lamebrain
• schlub
• yahoo
• chowderhead
• cluck
• hammerhead
• dip
• fathead
• deadhead
• birdbrain
• lump
• clunk
• dodo
• dumbbell
• shlub
• noddy
• gander
• buffoon
• loggerhead
• ninnyhammer
• goose
• saphead
• noodle
• clodpole
• villain
• mome
• dim bulb
• thickhead
• stock
• nit
• cuddie
• cuddy
• woodenhead
• skunk
• loony
• madman
• clodpoll
• clot
• booby
• nut
• yo-yo
• boor
• snake
• zany
• mug
• creep
• beast
• scatterbrain
• gawk
• cur
• stinker
• heel
• cad
• featherbrain
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• intellect
• intellectual
• thinker
• sage
• wizard
• whiz
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• sharpy
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ignoramus

Under the Tories’ watch, the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street in London was occupied by a dyspeptic culture warrior (Theresa May), who was succeeded by a fustian blowhard (Boris Johnson), who begot an economic ignoramus (Liz Truss). —Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 5 July 2024

Don’t let demagogues and blowhards and ignoramuses tell you otherwise. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 June 2024

Anyone who employs the phrase is either a demagogue or an ignoramus. —Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 June 2023

No one is asking him to embrace the full Ginsburg and declare himself a disrespectful ignoramus. —James Freeman, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021

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