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UNENLIGHTENED Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word unenlightened. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word unenlightened. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for UNENLIGHTENED

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naive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

adjective satellite

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

• inexperienced

• lacking information or instruction

• not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

benighted
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• overtaken by night or darkness

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

clueless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring

ignorant
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

• uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

illiterate
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• not able to read or write

• lacking culture, especially in language and literature

noun

• a person unable to read

adjective satellite

• uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

primitive
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

• a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

• a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

adjective satellite

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type

• used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

simple-minded
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking subtlety and insight

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

unaware
adjectiveadj
adjective

• (often followed by `of') not aware

uneducated
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not having a good education

uninformed
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not informed; lacking in knowledge or information

unlearned
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• not established by conditioning or learning

adjective satellite

• not well learned

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

unschooled
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking in schooling

unsophisticated
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

untutored
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking in schooling

unworldly
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations

adjective satellite

• not wise in the ways of the world

uninstructed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking information or instruction

Alternatives for NAIVE

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