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ignorance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ignorance

1 the state of being unaware or uninformed

ignorance of the law is no excuse

Synonyms of ignorance

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

Words Related to ignorance

callowness, greenness, inexperience, naïveté (also naivete), rawness, simpleness, unsophistication

Near Antonyms of ignorance

experience, know-how

Antonyms of ignorance

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 of ignorance

Words Related to ignorance

functional illiteracy, innumeracy

brainlessness, dumbness, idiocy, imbecility, stupidity

foolishness, mindlessness, senselessness, witlessness

Near Antonyms of ignorance

education, instruction, training

enlightenment, knowledge

erudition, scholarship

Antonyms of ignorance

learning, literacy

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