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

Tina Siemens, a local historian in Gaines County who has assisted Edwards in the clinic, pushed back against the notion that the Mennonites in the area are uneducated about the disease or their decision not to vaccinate. —Erika Edwards, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025

Democracy dies from an uneducated, uniformed and illiterate citizenry. —Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025

Only an uneducated person or an unnecessarily cruel person would think otherwise. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025

In response, the governor suggested the president was uneducated about water policy, and declined to criticize him when asked about Democrats’ response to the brief pause in federal funding for state governments. —Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025