ALL meanings of know-nothing
know-noth·ing
K k - noun know-nothing an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus. 1
- noun know-nothing an agnostic. 1
- noun know-nothing (initial capital letters) U.S. History. a member of a political party (American party or Know-Nothing party) prominent from 1853 to 1856, whose aim was to keep control of the government in the hands of native-born citizens: so called because members originally professed ignorance of the party's activities. 1
- noun know-nothing a person whose anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, and other political attitudes recall the Know-Nothings. 1
- adjective know-nothing grossly ignorant; totally uninformed. 1
- adjective know-nothing agnostic. 1
- adjective know-nothing (initial capital letters) of or relating to the Know-Nothings. 1
- adjective know-nothing of or relating to a political know-nothing. 1
- noun know-nothing An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge. 0
- noun know-nothing an ignorant person 0
- noun know-nothing an ignorant person; ignoramus 0
- noun know-nothing an agnostic 0
- noun know-nothing a member of a secret political party in the U.S. in the 1850s with a program of keeping out of public office anyone not a native-born American 0