Synonyms of unschooled

unschooled

adjective

ˌən-ˈsküld 

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books

an unschooled but nevertheless intelligent woman who desperately wanted to learn how to read

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unschooled

How to watch the 10 Oscar movies nominated for best picture Heaven forbid you are unschooled for the post-Oscars discourse! —Aj Willingham, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024

Now, instead of a master weaver being required to make cloth, an unschooled child could work a loom. —Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2024

Los Angeles officials have spoken openly about attempts to find unschooled students and help remove obstacles that are preventing them from coming to school. —Sharon Lurye, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023

To an unschooled observer, the piano appears to be in good shape, its brown, hardwood body scuffed a bit here and there, and in need of a good sanding and refinishing. —Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Nov. 2022