30
uneducated(adjective, knowledge, silly, stupid, innocent)
23
ignorant(adjective, knowledge, silly, stupid, education)
19
untaught(noun, adjective, knowledge, innocent, education)
17
unlettered(adjective, innocent, education, ignorant, unfamiliar)
13
unschooled(adjective, knowledge, innocent, education, ignorant)
12
unlearned(adjective, knowledge, innocent, education, ignorant)
12
untutored(adjective, education, ignorant, educated, overall)
10
uninstructed(adjective, knowledge, education, ignorant, educated)
9
uncultivated(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
8
unenlightened(adjective, innocent, education, thick, unfamiliar)
8
benighted(adjective, innocent, education, ignorant, unfamiliar)
7
unread(adjective, innocent, education, ignorant, unfamiliar)
7
empty-headed(adjective, ignorant, ignorance, scatterbrained, untaught)
7
know-nothing(noun, ignorant, untaught, unschooled, ignoramus)
6
rude(adjective, rough, ignorance, disrespectful)
6
uncultured(adjective, innocent, impolite, ignorant, unfamiliar)
6
uninformed(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
6
idiot(noun, simple, fool, innocent, jerk)
6
ignoramus(noun, simple, fool, innocent, ignorant)
6
nonreader
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