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illiterate

/I/'l/I/t/@/r/I/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. not able to read or write

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. lacking culture, especially in language and literature

    adj.all

    Antonyms literate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an <i>illiterate</i> man, or people.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a person unable to read

    noun.person

    Synonyms illiterate person nonreader

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

    adj.all

    Examples
    He is musically illiterate.
    Synonyms ignorant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

illinoisanilliquationillishillisionilliteracyilliteralilliterate personilliteratureilljudgedilllivedilllookingillmannered

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