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unwitting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unwitting

1 happening by chance

  • an unwitting mistake made in copying the material
Synonyms of unwitting

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated
Words Related to unwitting

coincidental

freak, odd

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms of unwitting

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms of unwitting

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2 not informed about or aware of something

  • an unwitting accomplice to the crime
Synonyms of unwitting

clueless, ignorant, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful
Words Related to unwitting

uneducated, unschooled, untaught

absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, inconscient
Phrases Synonymous with unwitting

in the dark
Near Antonyms of unwitting

au courant, hip, plugged-in, up-to-date

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught

heedful, observant

sensitive, sentient
Antonyms of unwitting

acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting

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