Synonyms of unlearn

unlearn

verb

ˌən-ˈlərn 

as in to forget

to be unable to recall or think of

let's hope that over the summer I don't unlearn everything I learned over the course of this past year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forget
• lose
• miss
• disremember
• ignore
• neglect
• disregard
• blank
• pass over
• misremember
• slight
• overlook
• slur (over)
• overpass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remember
• recollect
• think (of)
• recall
• reminisce (about)
• mind
• remind
• hearken back (to)
• hark back (to)
• flash back (to)
• harken back (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unlearn

Our Best Actor brings depth and complexity to a performance of deceptive simplicity, as his character struggles to unlearn a lifetime of avoiding emotional closeness. —Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2025

Mario Kart veterans must spend time unlearning their drifting muscle memory due to Air Riders' wildly different angles and timing. —PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

Now in her adulthood, Hall has spent years unlearning those pressures and rethinking what health and body image should really mean. —Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

For Baldwin’s characters, that specifically involved needing to unlearn and let go of society’s shame in order to love. —Literary Hub, 16 June 2025