Synonyms for unaware
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Oblivious — not noticing; paying no heed
oblivious, unconscious, unmindful, ignorant, insensible, unwitting, inattentive, heedless, unthinking, light-headed, insensate, mindless
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not noticing; paying no heed.
Related words
- Word family
- unawareness
Example sentences
- ignorant Not only you but also he is ignorant of the truth.
- unconscious I don't know what happened when I was unconscious.
- oblivious Yanni was totally oblivious to the whole thing.
- clueless Tom told me that he thought that Mary was clueless.
- unsuspecting Predators always prey on unsuspecting victims.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unaware | rising | |
| ignorant | steady | |
| unconscious | rising | |
| oblivious | rising | |
| unmindful | falling | |
| clueless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, clueless2, mindless2, heedless
- 9 letters
- oblivious4, unwitting3, unmindful, insensate
- 10 letters
- unthinking3, insensible4
- 11 letters
- unconscious3, inattentive4, incognizant, incognisant
- 12 letters
- unsuspecting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ignorant3 = 3 syllables).