ignorant B2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/ See IPA manual Freq #6376 Meanings 1 adj Not knowing about a particular fact or situation. They were completely ignorant of the danger ahead. 2 adj Lacking knowledge or education in general. He was ashamed of how ignorant he had been as a young man. 3 adj Rude or badly behaved. It was ignorant of him to leave without saying thank you. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not knowing about a... unawareunwitting 2 adj · lacking knowledge or... illiterateunlearned More benightedcimmeriancluelessfoolishill-informedinnocentlack-learninglaylewdlorelessnescient ↔ Opposites educatedfamiliarknowledgablelearnedtrainedwise Word family Forms ignorantly Derived forms ignorantismignorantistignorantlyignorantnessignoratinonignorantpig-ignorantsuperignorantunignorant Related forms agnorantignorableignoramusignoranceignoreimpolite Common collocations ignorant man Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant. *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European ignorant Old French ignōrāns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ignorant **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/ **Frequency rank:** 6376 ## Meanings 1. Not knowing about a particular fact or situation. 2. Lacking knowledge or education in general. 3. Rude or badly behaved. ## Examples - They were completely ignorant of the danger ahead. - He was ashamed of how ignorant he had been as a young man. - It was ignorant of him to leave without saying thank you. ## Synonyms - benighted - cimmerian - clueless - foolish - ill-informed - illiterate - innocent - lack-learning - lay - lewd - loreless - nescient ## Antonyms - educated - familiar - knowledgable - learned - trained - wise ## Derived Forms - ignorantism - ignorantist - ignorantly - ignorantness - ignorati - nonignorant - pig-ignorant - superignorant - unignorant ## Related Forms - agnorant - ignorable - ignoramus - ignorance - ignore - impolite ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ǵneh₃- - Root: ignorant - Root: ignōrāns ## Etymology From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant. ## AI Etymology Ignorant comes from Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *ǵneh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “Not knowing about a particular fact or situation” and “Lacking knowledge or education in general”. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown