Associations to the word «Ignorant»

Wiktionary

IGNORANT, adjective. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
IGNORANT, adjective. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
IGNORANT, adjective. (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
IGNORANT, adjective. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
IGNORANT, noun. One who is ignorant.

Dictionary definition

IGNORANT, adjective. Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions".
IGNORANT, adjective. Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate".
IGNORANT, adjective. Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats