Synonyms for know-nothing

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : noh-nuhth-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˌnʌθ ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for know-nothing

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Définition of know-nothing

Origin : "ignoramus," 1827, from know + nothing. As a U.S. nativist political party, active 1853-56, the name refers to the secret society at the core of the party, about which members were instructed to answer, if asked about it, that they "know nothing." The party eventually merged into the Republican Party.

As in uneducated : adj lacking knowledge
As in empty-headed : adj flighty, scatterbrained
As in ignoramus : noun simpleton

Example sentences :

Stuck in this know-nothing Helstonleigh, I can only state the fact that they are made.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

After all I didn't actually accuse David of being a know-nothing.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower

Then came the parting of the ways,—Republican, Democrat, or Know-nothing?
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

Seems as if there was something the matter with you, beyond what that know-nothing doctor said.
Extract from : « Reels and Spindles » by Evelyn Raymond

These are the publications which, in part at least, have given rise to the Know-Nothing organization, so cordially hated by you.
Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow

The Know-Nothing movement of the 50's need not concern us here.
Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken

I wish I were a scientist right now instead of a know-nothing artist!
Extract from : « The Day of the Dog » by Anderson Horne

The learned man of to-day is but the know-nothing of to-morrow.
Extract from : « God and the State » by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin

It is true I know-nothing of them but through their speeches, some of which have been published in our leading religious journals.
Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan

Men are beginning to see through the transparent gauze that veils this Know-Nothing movement.
Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow

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