unenlightened

Questions about unenlightened

What does unenlightened mean?

unenlightened means "not enlightened; ignorant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unenlightened?

unenlightened has 4 syllables: unen-ligh-te-ned. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˌʌnɛnˈlaɪtənd/.

What is another word for unenlightened?

Close synonyms include uninstructed, naive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unenlightened?

The recorded antonyms are enlightened.

Is unenlightened a common word?

unenlightened is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unenlightened?

1 word rhymes with unenlightened. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.