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illiterate
noun
(il-lit-er-ate)
a person unable to read
Synonyms:
illiterate person,
nonreader
,
illiterate
adjective
(il-lit-er-ate)
uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
Synonyms:
ignorant
,
Examples:
He is musically illiterate.
illiterate
adjective
(il-lit-er-ate)
not able to read or write
Antonyms:
literate
,
illiterate
(il-lit-er-ate)
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
Antonyms:
literate
,
Words Related to
illiterate
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uneducated
,
unlettered
,
semiliterate
,
functionally illiterate
,
ignorant
,
preliterate
,
analphabetic
,
illiterate person
,
literate
,
illiteracy
,
literacy
,
blind
,
blindness
,
composite
,
double-blind
,
ill-informed
,
innumerate
,
undereducated
,
unschooled
,
unskilled
,
unintelligent
,
destitute
,
uninformed
,
clueless
,
unemployable
,
dyslexic
,
untutored
,
unsophisticated
,
incompetent
,
gullible
,
unteachable
,
shiftless
,
untrained
,
unenlightened
,
educable
,
deaf
,
unknowledgeable
,
dimwitted
,
untalented
,
inarticulate
,
uncouth
,
feebleminded
,
proficient
,
unemployed
,
educated
,
resourceless
,
aliterate
,
impoverished
,
unarted
,
agriology
,
disenfranchised
,
numerate
,
unadaptable
,
insecure
,
retarded
,
undernourished
,
unintelligible
,
underdeveloped
,
enslaved
,
outcaste
,
uncult
,
monolingual
,
literate person
,
monoglot
,
employable
,
penniless
,
bantu
,
ignorantism
,
fluent
,
landless
,
inerudite
,
conversant
,
unmotivated
,
fatherless
,
incorrigible
,
unskilled person
,
unversed
,
poorest
,
imbecile
,
hopeless
,
impecunious
,
maladapted
,
irula
,
rudimentary
,
emancipated
,
unassimilated
,
pushto
,
unilingual
,
malnourished
,
untaught
,
propertyless
,
cretinoid
,
subaltern
,
hireable
,
yucatec
,
lumpen
,
nidget
,
manless
,
sightless
,
voteless
,
illiterate
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