Synonyms and antonyms of Having little experience or a low level of education in American Thesaurus

inexperienced (adjective)

lacking experience

uneducated (adjective)

not having had much education

untrained (adjective)

not trained to do a particular job

unqualified (adjective)

not having the education or experience to do a particular job

illiterate (adjective)

someone who is illiterate cannot read or write

the uninitiated (adjective)

lacking knowledge or experience of something

unskilled (adjective)

working at a job that does not need much education, training, or experience

untried (adjective)

with no experience of a particular kind of work and therefore possibly not very good

be unused to (doing) something ()

to not have much experience of something and not be sure about how to react or behave

naive (adjective)

a naive person lacks experience of life and tends to trust other people and believe things too easily

armchair (adjective)

interested in a subject or activity, but lacking any practical experience of it

barbarous (adjective)

old-fashioned violent and not educated

callow (adjective)

literary young and not experienced in life

dewy-eyed (adjective)

lacking in experience about life

fledgling (adjective)

without much experience with a job or situation because you are new to it

(flying) by the seat of your pants ()

using only your judgment and skill, when you are doing something new and you cannot use your previous experience

green (adjective)

not experienced, especially because of being young

impressionable (adjective)

someone who is impressionable is easily impressed and influenced by other people, usually because they are young and lack experience in life

inexperience (noun)

lack of experience

ingenuous (adjective)

someone who is ingenuous believes everything that people tell them, especially because they have not had much experience of life

innocence (noun)

lack of experience of life and the bad things people do so that you tend to trust people too much

innocent (adjective)

not very experienced concerning life and the bad things that people do so that you tend to trust people too much

jungli (adjective)

Indian English not polite, well educated, or behaving correctly

lay (adjective)

not educated or trained to a high or professional standard in a particular subject

naive (adjective)

typical of a naive person

preliterate (adjective)

a preliterate society does not have a written language

raw (adjective)

not trained or experienced

rough-and-ready (adjective)

not polite or well educated

rough-hewn (adjective)

literary not polite or well educated

scholar (noun)

if someone is not a scholar or is no scholar, they have not studied much in their lives

sheltered (adjective)

someone who has had a sheltered life has not had the usual unpleasant experiences that most people have in their lives

uncultivated (adjective)

without a lot of experience or knowledge, especially of culture

unlettered (adjective)

old-fashioned not well educated

unrefined (adjective)

used about someone who is not well educated or does not know much about culture

unsophisticated (adjective)

not knowing much about things such as art, literature, and music that educated people usually like

untutored (adjective)

formal not educated or formally trained

wet behind the ears ()

young and lacking knowledge and experience

wide-eyed (adjective)

easily tricked or impressed because you do not have much experience