unwitting | Definition of unwitting

Synonyms and Antonyms of unwitting

1 happening by chance

an unwitting mistake made in copying the material

Synonyms of unwitting

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated

Words Related to unwitting

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms of unwitting

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms of unwitting

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2 not informed about or aware of something

an unwitting accomplice to the crime

Synonyms of unwitting

clueless, ignorant, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful

Words Related to unwitting

uneducated, unschooled, untaught

absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, inconscient

Phrases Synonymous with unwitting

Near Antonyms of unwitting

au courant, hip, plugged-in, up-to-date

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught

heedful, observant

sensitive, sentient

Antonyms of unwitting

acquainted, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, grounded, informed, knowing, mindful, witting