ignoramus
noun
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Synonyms & Antonyms for ignoramus
Synonyms
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo
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Examples of ignoramus in a Sentence
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But onto the upper film Of supple, silky snow The blush, breaks and bleeds The purity of the sky That has landed unscathed Betrayal is like the ignoramus of a leech Amber McCrary is Diné zinester, feminist and writer. — Arizona Republic, azcentral, "Poetry spot: 'Raspberries do not blush in the sky' by Amber McCrary," 28 June 2018 The part of the problem of the president has is his dealing with ignoramuses spoken inside his party and outside of his party and some whom are dressed up as lawyers. — Fox News, "DiGenova: It's clear the Mueller team is acting in bad faith," 4 May 2018 Murray got the worse of it, but at minimum, I’m painted as a total ignoramus, right? — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Ezra and Sam Harris debate race, IQ, identity politics, and much more.," 9 Apr. 2018 But that doesn't mean his staffers are iGnoramuses as well. — Newsweek, "Analysis," 14 Mar. 2018 By all accounts, Ryan and McConnell and the people closest to them see the president as a reckless ignoramus. — Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, "Trump the Triangulator," 8 Sep. 2017 Dissenters and skeptics are derided as Flat Earthers and scientific ignoramuses. — Rupert Darwall, National Review, "The Spiral of Silence," 1 Nov. 2017 Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump have all been accorded this treatment by Hollywood ignoramuses who have incandescent emotions fixed to rigid attitudes unconnected to any historical knowledge. — Conrad Black, National Review, "Trump’s Bold Defense of America," 21 Sep. 2017 There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. — John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "In a word: puissant," 29 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ignoramus.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
