Thesaurus
unknowing
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of UNKNOWING
1
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment <those unknowing people who think that the world is a kindly place are in for a rude awakening>
Synonyms aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf (or naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed
Related Words callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, raw; childlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic; believing, credulous, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguarded; beguiled, duped, gulled, tricked; careless, heedless, thoughtless
Near Antonyms critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvinced; careful, cautious, guarded, leery (also leary), wary, watchful; down-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic, sober; street-smart, streetwise
2
not informed about or aware of something <the poor woman has been the unknowing target of some pretty vicious gossip>
Synonyms clueless, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwitting
Related Words uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, inconscient
Near Antonyms au courant, hip, plugged-in, up-to-date; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught; heedful, observant; sensitive, sentient
Antonyms acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting
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