Synonym for lack of understanding
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[ ig-ner-uhnt ]
/ ˈɪg nər ənt /
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adjective
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
uninformed; unaware.
due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.
OTHER WORDS FOR ignorant
1 uninstructed, untutored, untaught.
2 unenlightened.
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OPPOSITES FOR ignorant
1 literate.
2 learned.
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Origin of ignorant
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English ignora(u)nt from Latin ignōrant- (stem of ignōrāns ), present participle of ignōrāre “to ignore; ” see -ant
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Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated mean lacking in knowledge or in training. Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I'm ignorant of mathematics. Illiterate originally meant lacking a knowledge of literature or similar learning, but is most often applied now to one unable to read or write: necessary training for illiterate soldiers. Unlettered emphasizes the idea of being without knowledge of literature: unlettered though highly trained in science. Uneducated refers especially to lack of schooling or to lack of access to a body of knowledge equivalent to that learned in schools: uneducated but highly intelligent. None of these words mean "lacking in intelligence."
historical usage of ignorant
Ignorant comes via Old French from Latin ignōrant-, the inflectional stem of ignōrāns, the present participle of ignōrāre “to be unaware of, be ignorant of, not know.
” Ignōrāre also means “to disregard” and is the source of English ignore. Ignōrāre is related to the Latin verb gnoscere (more commonly noscere ) “to know,” from the same Proto-Indo-European root gnō- “to know” as English know and Slavic (Polish) znać “to know.” An interesting use of ignorant appears in Mark Twain’s “Old Times on the Mississippi,” an essay he wrote for The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 and that was later incorporated into chapter 4 of Life on the Mississippi (1883): “This fellow had money, too, and hair oil. Also an ignorant silver watch and a showy brass watch chain.” By transferring the “lacking in knowledge” sense of ignorant from human beings to an object, the ever-clever Twain beautifully and succinctly described a timepiece that doesn’t tell the correct time.
OTHER WORDS FROM ignorant
ig·no·rant·ly, adverbnon·ig·no·rant, adjectivenon·ig·no·rant·ly, adverbqua·si-ig·no·rant, adjective
qua·si-ig·no·rant·ly, adverbself-ig·no·rant, adjectivesu·per·ig·no·rant, adjectivesu·per·ig·no·rant·ly, adverbun·ig·no·rant, adjectiveun·ig·no·rant·ly, adverb
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ignorant
ignorant , stupidWords nearby ignorant
ignominious, ignominy, ignoramus, ignorance, Ignorance is bliss, ignorant, ignoratio elenchi, ignore, ignotum per ignotius, Igorot, Igraine
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Words related to ignorant
illiterate, innocent, naive, oblivious, obtuse, uneducated, uninformed, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, cretinous, dense, green, imbecilic, inexperienced, insensible, in the dark, mindless, misinformed, moronic
How to use ignorant in a sentence
He is ignorant of the nation’s story, dismissive of its conventions and unmoved by its romance.
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For decades, many have been ignorant of the connection between ecosystem health and infectious disease.
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Next to her, the English Doyles are parochial and sorely ignorant, while Mexico City Noémi is widely read, intelligent, and well-traveled.
Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage.|Constance Grady|October 16, 2020|Vox
They know exactly what makes their products sell, and consumers are generally happy to remain ignorant of the actual explanation for.
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Chemists analyze molecular bonds but remain blissfully ignorant of quarks and gluons.
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They must be really ignorant in Europe if they think that the next Russian president will be better.
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And there are those who are happily ignorant, and prefer to remain that way.
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And survey after survey proves an embarrassingly high percentage of Americans are largely ignorant of how our government works.
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Some call this HIV anxiety ignorant, and argue that protocols on both sides of the industry are efficient in their own ways.
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Just like Watson, Ansari is daring to elicit antagonism and ignorant accusations on account of his feminist beliefs.
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But he was ignorant of that part of the horrid tale; and the Duke, in a milder voice, bade him rise.
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His wife was ignorant of the cause of his staying out so long, and suffered greatly from anxiety about his welfare.
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What children they were with their simple unmorality of artists, as ignorant of the real world as babes in a wood!
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Reginald never spoke to her of such things; perhaps she was too ignorant to understand.
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British Dictionary definitions for ignorant
ignorant
/ (ˈɪɡnərənt) /
adjective
lacking in knowledge or education; unenlightened
(postpositive often foll by of) lacking in awareness or knowledge (of)ignorant of the law
resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awarenessan ignorant remark
Derived forms of ignorant
ignorantly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
lack of understanding synonym | English synonyms dictionary
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n absence, dearth, deficiency, deprivation, destitution, insufficiency, need, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, want
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vb be deficient in, be short of, be without, miss, need, require, want
Antonyms
, n abundance, adequacy, excess, plentifulness, sufficiency, surplus
vb enjoy, have, own, possess
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lackey, lacking, lace, lacy
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The word misunderstanding - synonyms in the dictionary
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Found 2 synonyms . If there are not enough of them, then more can be found by clicking on the words.
Antonym - understanding
Meaning of the word misunderstanding – (eng. misunderstanding) cf. Lack of understanding; inability to understand smth.
9caseSingular Plural Nominative misunderstanding misunderstandings Genitive misunderstandings misunderstandings Dative misunderstanding misunderstandings Accusative misunderstanding misunderstandings Creative misunderstanding misunderstandings Prepositional misunderstanding misunderstandings The word ❝misunderstanding❞ in Russian literature
Therefore, Filat now trembled and was frightened from a misunderstanding of the shootingPlatonov Andrey Platonovich “Yamskaya Sloboda”
Lera's eyes turned around, there was a warm greenish glow in them, the former and everlasting charm and submissive incomprehension.But no self-confidence either
Zaitsev Boris Konstantinovich “Youth”
From the misunderstanding of this harsh truth - all our fiery desires, all the thirst for pleasures that require money and money - accumulation and again squanderingTolstoy Alexei Nikolaevich “ Freaks"
There were two obstacles: Chekhov's unwillingness and Stanislavsky's misunderstandingZaitsev Boris Konstantinovich "Chekhov"
The parties wanted to resolve this mutual misunderstanding with the help of Viennese chairs and empty beer bottles, and, probably, a real massacre would have occurred , if Melyude had not interfered in the matter, because of which, in fact, the whole story came outMamin-Sibiryak Dmitry Narkisovich “Features from the life of Pepko”
And such a misunderstanding! You need to understand me ... Here Yuri is a different matter ... "Yuri understands?" - If I'm bad - what is! I didn't make myself like this! Well, now there is nothing to teach me
Gippius Zinaida Nikolaevna “Devil’s Doll”
“But it’s so simple,” he was surprised at my lack of understanding, “you know that light is a kind of extremely fast ethereal oscillations, or, according to other views, streams of flying “quantum perceived by the nerve ganglia of our eyeNikolsky Vadim Dmitrievich “After a thousand years“
My artist looked at life with fatigue and contempt, not reconciling with human vulgarity, pettiness, envy and misunderstanding of the impulses of the creative soulKuprin Alexander Ivanovich "Chary"
What is this, the curse of friendship? misunderstanding or non-recognition of its rights and obligations? God save me! I would only exclude the word “duties” from the feeling of friendship, and the word “friendship” is alsoGoncharov Ivan Aleksandrovich “Pallada Frigate”.
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And when he listened, he perceived, as something forgotten and familiar, everything that confirmed the general meaning of this teaching, and passed by his ears that which did not confirm it, attributing it to his misunderstanding. And since that time, Stepan has become a different personTolstoy Lev Nikolaevich “False Coupon“
She smiled and teased her brother with feigned incomprehension. - It wasn’t, - I say so ... It seems to meSologub Fedor Kuzmich “Heavy Dreams“
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All synonyms for the word "misunderstanding"
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type nine00271 whiteness 11 letters Word 2 misunderstanding 17 letters nine0026 Word 3 kindergarten 11 letters Phrase 4 nine0029 nevrub6 letters Word 5 nub 10 letters Word nine00276 misunderstanding 13 letters Word 7 misunderstandings 9 letters nine0026 Word 8 misunderstanding 11 letters Word 9 nine0029 inability to understand20 letters Phrase 10 inability to understand 15 letters Phrase 11 lack of understanding 20 letters Phrase 12 ramses nine0029 5 lettersWord Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 5 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type 13 ramses 5 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 6 letters.
# nine0078 SynonymNumber of letters Synonym type 14 nevrub 6 letters Word nine0027Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 9 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type 15 misunderstandings 9 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 10 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters nine0078 Synonym type16 nub 10 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 11 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type 17 whiteness 11 letters nine0029 Word18 kindergarten 11 letters Phrase 19 misunderstanding 11 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 13 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters nine0078 Synonym type20 misunderstanding 13 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 15 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type 21 inability to understand 15 letters nine0026 Phrase Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 17 letters.
# Synonym Number of letters Synonym type nine002722 misunderstanding 17 letters Word Synonyms for the word "misunderstanding" - 20 letters.
# nine0078 SynonymNumber of letters Synonym type 23 inability to understand 20 letters Phrase nine002724 lack of understanding 20 letters Phrase 3
Synonyms for the word incomprehension are words close in meaning to the word incomprehension, which easily replace it in texts and in conversation. Total found synonyms for the word misunderstanding - 25 pcs. They can include both words and phrases.
Of the found synonyms, words - 16 pieces, and synonymous phrases - 8 pieces. Very often, especially when solving crossword puzzles, the question arises: "A synonym for the word misunderstanding", therefore, our dictionary also presents the number of letters that make up one or another synonym. The smallest synonym for the word misunderstanding consists of 5 letters, and the longest one consists of 20 letters. You can find the desired synonym word by the number of letters using the table above, and specifically the number of letters column. nine0003
About synonyms
Without the words of synonyms in texts of various nature, whether it be narration, reasoning, motivation, one cannot do without overcoming the unjustified repetition of the same word. Also, the use of synonymous words instead of misunderstanding is used in the literature as a way of linking adjacent sentences in the text. In the style of Russian literature, when a text is written, the repetition of the same words is identified as a tautology and is a gross lexical error.
Thus, when presenting the text at the initial stage, one of the keywords of the synonym is used, and further along the text, synonyms that are suitable in meaning are already used, revealing and reinforcing the theme of the text for a broader presentation. nine0003
For example, the original word “misunderstanding”, further, depending on the necessary applicability, is replaced by belmesity, mutual misunderstanding, kindergarten, nevrub, nevrubiya, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, incomprehension, inability to understand, inability to understand, lack of understanding, ramsas.
Do not forget that, due to their qualities, synonyms can be applied using the prefix “not” to antonyms, words that are opposite in meaning. At the same time, the lexical meaning of the formed word of the antonym with the prefix is not also characterized as a synonym. nine0003
The word is characterized as a synonym and polysemantic words that form a complex word combination of words in their polysemy according to the lexical meaning of one of the words of the proposed synonym in the context.
