Defenition of the word illiterate

• Defenition of the word illiterate

  • A person who cannot read and write.
  • ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate"
  • not able to read or write
  • a person unable to read
  • uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
  • lacking culture, especially in language and literature

Synonyms for the word illiterate

• • analphabetic
  • ignoramus
  • ignorant
  • illiterate person

Similar words in the illiterate

• • analphabetic
  • functionally illiterate
  • preliterate
  • semiliterate
  • uneducated
  • unlettered

Hyponyms for the word illiterate

• • analphabet
  • analphabetic
  • functional illiterate

Hypernyms for the word illiterate

• • ignoramus
  • know nothing
  • uneducated person

Antonyms for the word illiterate

• • literate

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