[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignorant \ig"norant\, a. f., fr. l. ignorans, -antis, p. pr.
   of ignorare to be ignorant. see ignore.
   1. destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed;
      untaught; unenlightened.
      1913 webster

            he that doth not know those things which are of use
            for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he
            may know besides.                     --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   2. unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with
      of.
      1913 webster

            ignorant of guilt, i fear not shame.  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. unknown; undiscovered. obs.
      1913 webster

            ignorant concealment.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

            alas, what ignorant sin have i committed? --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
      1913 webster

            his shipping,
            poor ignorant baubles -- on our terrible seas,
            like eggshells moved.                 --shak.

   syn: uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed;
        unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- ignorant,
        illiterate. ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either
        as to single subject or information in general;
        illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of
        knowledge acquired by reading and study. in the middle
        ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were
        illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant,
        especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.
        1913 webster

              in such business
              action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
              more learned than the ears.         --shak.
        1913 webster

              in the first ages of christianity, not only the
              learned and the wise, but the ignorant and
              illiterate, embraced torments and death.
                                                  --tillotson.
        1913 webster
see also:
ignore ignorant illiterate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignorant \ig"norant\, n.
   a person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled;
   an ignoramous.
   1913 webster

         did i for this take pains to teach
         our zealous ignorants to preach?         --denham.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ignorant
     adj 1: lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man";
            "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned
            group incapable of understanding complex issues";
            "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
            syn: nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered
     2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of
        knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically
        illiterate" syn: illiterate
     3: lacking basic knowledge; "how can someone that age be so
        ignorant?"; "inexperienced and new to the real world"
        syn: inexperienced
     4: used of things; lacking sense or awareness; "ignorant hope";
        "fine innocent weather" syn: innocent
     5: lacking knowledge or skill; "unversed in the jargon of the
        social scientist" syn: unversed ant: versed
     6: lacking information or knowledge; "an unknowledgeable
        assistant" syn: unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting
see also:
nescient unenlightened unlearned unlettered illiterate inexperienced 
innocent unversed versed unknowledgeable unknowing 
unwitting 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

122 moby thesaurus words for "ignorant":
   a novice at, a stranger to, awkward, benighted, blankminded,
   boorish, brainless, callow, crude, disaccustomed, discourteous,
   dumb, empty, empty-headed, foolish, fresh, gauche, green,
   green as grass, groping, gross, headless, ill-mannered, illiterate,
   immature, impolite, in the dark, inane, incognizant, inept,
   inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insensate, irrational,
   know-nothing, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, lowbrow,
   mindless, naive, nescient, new to, not bright, oblivious,
   of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, raw, reasonless, rude,
   rusty, senseless, simple, slackminded, slackwitted, strange to,
   tentative, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted,
   unacquainted with, unapprized, unaware, uncivil, uncomprehending,
   unconscious, unconversant, unconversant with, uncouth, uncultured,
   undeveloped, uneducated, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar,
   unfamiliar with, unfledged, ungifted, unhabituated, unhardened,
   unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in,
   uninstructed, unintellectual, unintelligent, uninured, unknowing,
   unlearned, unlettered, unmatured, unposted, unpracticed,
   unpracticed in, unprogressive, unread, unreasoning, unripe,
   unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled in, unsophisticated, unsure,
   untalented, untaught, unthinking, untrained, untried, untutored,
   unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, unwise, unwitting,
   unwonted, vacuous, weaned, witless

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