NESCIENT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

nescient

adjective

Definition of nescient

as in ignorant

not informed about or aware of something narrow-minded, provincial people who are blissfully nescient of the world beyond their little suburb

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Adjective

Understandably, Penn struggles to hold these disparate points of focus together with a performance that vacillates between disarmingly dopey and almost willfully ignorant of the realities of the 2000s media landscape.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Some people in the White House treated Jackie as a cipher, ignorant of almost everything happening.

— Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignorant

Adjective

The famed downtown venue is once again operating Thursdays to Sunday, but many have been unaware.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Just a few weeks ago, a survey from UK arbitration service Acas found that two-fifths of employers across all industries were unaware of these changes in law.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of unaware

Adjective

Here’s the feckless poor, here’s the striving poor, here’s the oblivious cheerful poor, here’s the drug addict, here’s the drunk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Confident in the safety of their compound, Andrew and the soldiers were oblivious to the boy’s bad intentions.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of oblivious

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