Thesaurus
unwitting
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of UNWITTING
1
happening by chance <an unwitting mistake made in copying the material>
Synonyms casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting
Related Words coincidental; freak, odd; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random; uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen; coerced, forced, involuntary; unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure; conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
2
not informed about or aware of something <an unwitting accomplice to the crime>
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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