Thesaurus:ignoramus

Thesaurus

ignoramus

English

Noun

Sense: an ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed

Synonyms

• dunce
• ignoramus
• jay
• know-nothing
• lack-latin (obsolete)
• mumpsimus
• nescient
• numskull
• rube
• wild-ass

Antonyms

• genius    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scholar

Hyponyms

• illiterate
• ultracrepidarian

Hypernyms

• mentally deficient person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• charlatan
• dabbler
• dilettante
• smatterer
• wiseacre

See also

• Thesaurus:ignorant
• Thesaurus:beginner
• Thesaurus:bumpkin (unsophisticated person)
• Thesaurus:idiot (unintelligent person)
• Thesaurus:fool (unwise person)

Further reading

• “493. ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ignoramus” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.