English dictionary

illiteracy

/I/'l/I/t/@/r/@/s/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

ignorance resulting from not reading

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0
an inability to read

noun.cognition

Synonyms analphabetism

Antonyms literacy

Source: WordNet 3.0
The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the <i>illiteracy</i> shown by the last census.

noun

Source: webster1913