Synonyms for ignoramus
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Noun
1. Dullard
dullard, dolt, idiot, know-nothing, moron, dunce, fool, simpleton informal, illiterate, mutt, nincompoop, ninny informal, donkey, noddy, dummy, dope, booby, halfwit informal, honyock slang US
Other
jack-ass, novice, greenhorn, jay, block head, numbskull UK, numskull US, dumb-bell, lack-latin dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
Related words
- Word family
- ignorant
Forms
- Plural
- ignoramuses → dullards, dolts, idiots, know-nothings…
Example sentences
- idiot When are you going to stop laughing like an idiot?
- moron Ziri wouldn't waste his smile on a moron like you.
- dolt Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
- dullard You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.
- jay Beyoncé and Jay-Z called their daughter Blue Ivy.
By length
- 3 letters
- jay1
- 4 letters
- fool1, dope1, mutt1, dolt
- 5 letters
- idiot3, moron2, dummy2, booby2, dunce, noddy, ninny2
- 6 letters
- donkey2, novice2
- 7 letters
- dullard, halfwit2, honyock
- 8 letters
- numskull
- 9 letters
- simpleton, greenhorn, numbskull
- 10 letters
- illiterate4, nincompoop3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idiot3 = 3 syllables).