All know-nothing synonyms
know-noth·ing
K k noun know-nothing
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- dunce — a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
- idiot — Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person: If you think you can wear that outfit to a job interview and get hired, you're an idiot!
- blockhead — a stupid person
- imbecile — Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt: Don't stand there like an imbecile. Open the door!.
- moron — a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.
- dimwit — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
- numbskull — a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
adj know-nothing
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- dizzy — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- giddy — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- harebrained — giddy; reckless.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- illiterate — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
- inane — lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions.
- silly — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- skittish — apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- stupid — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- uneducated — not educated.
- unschooled — not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
- untaught — simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
- vacant — having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- uncultured — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
- unlearned — not learned; not scholarly or erudite.
- unrefined — not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
- benighted — If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything.
- uninstructed — not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
- lowbrow — a person who is uninterested, uninvolved, or uneducated in intellectual activities or pursuits.
- unlettered — not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.
- unread — not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- untutored — not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.