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

At the age of 10, Elizabeth would see first hand what would happen when her mother, an uneducated woman with six children, would have to support herself on her own. —Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026

Words with letters dropped off the end or entire phrases strung together to form new words were seen as improper speech of the uneducated and poor. —Moriah Humiston, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026

Concha and Fox News host Lawrence Jones highlighted that people who watch the View are uneducated. —Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026

Chaiwalas, or street tea venders, have long been taken as emblems of the small-scale entrepreneurialism by which uneducated Indians can gain subsistence, and, in theory, something more. —Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026