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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 \Illit"erate\, 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}. -- {Illit"erately}, adv. -- {Illit"erateness}, n.

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

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.

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