Synonyms of uneducated

uneducated

adjective

ˌən-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd 

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books

a literary reference that could not be grasped by an uneducated person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignorant
• inexperienced
• illiterate
• dark
• untutored
• unschooled
• untaught
• benighted
• unlearned
• unlettered
• simple
• uninstructed
• nonliterate
• innocent
• rude
• naive
• unread
• uncultured
• foolish
• unsophisticated
• stupid
• analphabetic
• dumb
• unknowledgeable
• unskilled
• idiotic
• semiliterate
• artless
• uncultivated
• untrained
• functionally illiterate
• imbecile
• innumerate
• callow
• moronic
• green
• lowbrow
• witless
• brainless
• silly
• philistine
• senseless
• raw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• educated
• literate
• knowledgeable
• intelligent
• brilliant
• smart
• expert
• experienced
• trained
• lettered
• well-informed
• intellectual
• schooled
• well-read
• erudite
• learned
• scholarly
• cultured
• aware
• sophisticated
• familiar
• cultivated
• acquainted
• highbrow
• polymath
• polyhistoric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uneducated

Dientes was a peasant, substantially illiterate and uneducated. —Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026

Elite and colonial observers frequently portrayed rural inhabitants as uneducated, backward, or untrustworthy, reflecting broader social and class biases toward the island’s interior population. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026

Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026

Additionally, data released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in September revealed that nearly half of the country’s youth population, aged 18 to 30, is unemployed, uneducated, or lacking training. —Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026