Thesaurus:ignoramus

Thesaurus:ignoramus

THESAURUS

ignoramus

English

Synonyms

• dunce

• ignoramus

• jay

• know-nothing

• lack-latin (obsolete)

• mumpsimus

• nescient

• numskull

• rube

• wild-ass

Antonyms

• genius    [WS]

• scholar

Hyponyms

• illiterate

• ultracrepidarian

Hypernyms

• mentally deficient person    [WS]

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.