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ig·no·ra·mus noun [ORIGIN: Ignoramus, ignorant lawyer in Ignoramus (1615), play by George Ruggle]

: an utterly ignorant person

ig·no·rance noun : the state of being ignorant

Synonyms

obliviousness, unawareness; also callowness, greenness, inexperience, innocence, naïveté, rawness, simpleness

Antonyms

acquaintance, awareness, familiarity

ig·no·rant adjective 1 : lacking knowledge

2 : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence

3 : not aware : UNAWARE, UNINFORMED

— ig·no·rant·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] dark, illiterate, simple, uneducated, unlearned, untaught; also lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive; unsophisticated; raw, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Antonyms

educated, knowledgeable, literate, schooled

[3] oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting; also uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive

Antonyms

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

ig·nore verb ig·nored; ig·nor·ing : to refuse to take notice of

Synonyms

disregard, forget, neglect, overlook, pass over, slight, slur—more at NEGLECT

brush, condone, disregard, excuse, gloss, pardon, pass over, shrug off, wink—more at EXCUSE

igua·na noun : any of various large tropical American lizards

ihp abbreviation indicated horsepower

IHS [ORIGIN: LL, part transliteration of Gk IHΣ, abbr. for IHΣOYΣ Iēsous Jesus]

— used as a Christian symbol and monogram for Jesus

ikon variant of ICON

IL abbreviation Illinois

il·e·itis noun : inflammation of the ileum

il·e·um noun, plural il·ea : the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the large intestine

il·i·ac adjective : of, relating to, or located near the ilium

il·i·um noun : the uppermost and largest of the three bones making up either side of the pelvis

ilk noun : a group set up on the basis of any characteristic in common : SORT, KIND

Synonyms

breed, class, description, feather, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, species, type—more at SORT

1ill adjective worse ; worst 1 : attended or caused by an evil intent <~ deeds>

2 a : not normal or sound <~ health>

b : not in good health : SICK; also : feeling nauseated

3 : BAD, UNLUCKY <~ omen>

4 : not right or proper <~ manners>

5 : UNFRIENDLY, HOSTILE <~ feeling>

Synonyms

[1] adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial—more at HARMFUL

[2b] nauseous, queasy, queer, sick, squeamish—more at NAUSEOUS

[2b] bad, down, indisposed, peaked, punk, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell—more at SICK

2ill adverb worse; worst 1 : with displeasure

2 : in a harsh manner

3 : probably not : HARDLY

4 : BADLY, UNLUCKILY

5 : in a faulty way

Synonyms

hard, hardly, harshly, oppressively, roughly, severely, sternly, stiffly—more at HARDLY

3ill noun 1 : the reverse of good : EVIL

2 : MISFORTUNE, DISTRESS

3 : AILMENT, SICKNESS; also : TROUBLE

Synonyms

bad, evil, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wrong—more at EVIL

4ill abbreviation illustrated; illustration; illustrator

Ill abbreviation Illinois

ill–ad·vised adjective : not well counseled <~ efforts>

— ill–ad·vis·ed·ly adverb

Synonyms

imprudent, indiscreet, tactless, unwise—more at INDISCREET

ill–bred adjective : showing bad upbringing : IMPOLITE

Synonyms

discourteous, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, thoughtless, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly—more at IMPOLITE

il·le·gal adjective : not lawful; also : not sanctioned by official rules

— il·le·gal·i·ty noun

— il·le·gal·ly adverb

Synonyms

criminal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful; also bad, evil, immoral, shameful, sinful, unethical, wicked, wrong;