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Synonyms & Antonyms of unknowing
1
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
- those unknowing people who think that the world is a kindly place are in for a rude awakening
Synonyms for unknowing
- aw-shucks,
- dewy,
- dewy-eyed,
- green,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
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Near Antonyms for unknowing
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
Antonyms for unknowing
2
not informed about or aware of something
- the poor woman has been the unknowing target of some pretty vicious gossip
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The first known use of unknowing was in the 14th century
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