Synonyms of uneducated

uneducated

adjective

ˌən-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd 

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books

a literary reference that could not be grasped by an uneducated person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignorant
• inexperienced
• illiterate
• dark
• untutored
• unschooled
• untaught
• benighted
• unlearned
• simple
• unlettered
• uninstructed
• nonliterate
• innocent
• rude
• naive
• unread
• unknowledgeable
• uncultured
• naïve
• semiliterate
• foolish
• analphabetic
• unsophisticated
• stupid
• unskilled
• idiotic
• dumb
• artless
• uncultivated
• untrained
• functionally illiterate
• lowbrow
• innumerate
• imbecile
• callow
• moronic
• green
• imbecilic
• witless
• brainless
• silly
• philistine
• idiotical
• senseless
• raw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• educated
• literate
• knowledgeable
• intelligent
• brilliant
• smart
• expert
• experienced
• trained
• lettered
• well-informed
• intellectual
• schooled
• well-read
• erudite
• learned
• scholarly
• cultured
• sophisticated
• aware
• familiar
• cultivated
• acquainted
• polymathic
• highbrow
• polymath
• polyhistoric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uneducated

The majority of those who move here are uneducated and poor and nearly all become economic burdens on the U.S., either directly or indirectly. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025

So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024

Even if Caroline and Kyle had not been in on voting Gabe, the others still would have had the numbers to take him out, but my admittedly uneducated guess is the vote may have then shifted to Genevieve if the Tuku twosome was not on board. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024