Nearby Words
nescient
| Main Entry: |
nescient
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, uninstructed, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless |
| Notes: | prescient is having foreknowledge, parviscient is having little knowledge, and nescient is lacking or disclaiming knowledge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaware |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | blind, careless, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, deaf to, doped, forgetful, heedless, in a daze, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, mooning, negligent, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, oblivious, out cold, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting |
| Notes: | unaware is an adjective that means 'not being aware of something' and unawares is an adverb meaning 'by surprise; unexpectedly' |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious |
| Main Entry: | untrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not trained |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, green, ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, inexpert, nescient, novice, raw, uncultivated, undisciplined, uneducated, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, untamed, untaught, untutored, wild |
| Antonyms: | trained |
| Main Entry: | uninstructed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unscholarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
| Synonyms: | apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unstudious, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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