About The Word Illiterate
Learn about the word Illiterate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Illiterate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Illiterate
| Illiterate Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Illiterate?
[n] a person unable to read
[adj] ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate" [adj] not able to read or write Synonyms | Synonyms for Illiterate: analphabetic | analphabetic | functionally illiterate | ignorant | illiterate person | nonreader | preliterate | semiliterate | uneducated | unlettered Related Terms | Find terms related to Illiterate: barbarous | benighted | bookless | dabbler | deceived | dilettante | dunce | empty-headed | fool | functionally illiterate | Gothic | grammarless | greenhorn | greeny | heathen | hoodwinked | ignoramus | ignorant | ill-educated | illiterati | know-nothing | led astray | lowbrow | middlebrow | misinformed | misinstructed | mistaught | no scholar | nonintellectual | pagan | Philistine | puddinghead | rude | tenderfoot | unbooked | unbookish | unbooklearned | unbriefed | uncultivated | uncultured | unedified | uneducated | unenlightened | unerudite | unguided | uninstructed | unintellectual | unintelligentsia | unlearned | unlettered | unliterary | unread | unrefined | unscholarly | unschooled | unstudious | untaught | untutored See Also | ignoramus | know nothing | uneducated person Illiterate In Webster's Dictionary \Il*lit"er*ate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not +
literatus learned. See {In-} not, and {Literal}.]
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed;
uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary.
See {Ignorant}. -- {Il*lit"er*ate*ly}, adv. --
{Il*lit"er*ate*ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Grantee ‐ a recipient…
- Medically ‐ involving medical practice; "medically trained nurses"; "medically…
- Unpresidential ‐ not presidential; "very unpresidential…
- Genital personality ‐ (psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated…
- Swedish mile ‐ a Swedish unit of length…
- Sponsor ‐ someone who supports or champions something [n] an advocate who…
- Hoot ‐ something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not worth…
- Lamenting ‐ vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression;…
- Aquarium ‐ a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish…
- Etiologic ‐ relating to the etiology of a disease; "etiological agent" [adj]…