Illiteracy Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-lĭtər-ə-sē
The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. benightedness
  2. ignorance
  3. illiterateness
  4. nescience
An inability to read
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ignorance
  2. lack of education
  3. analphabetism
  4. stupidity
Antonyms:
  1. literacy

Words Related to Illiteracy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. knowledge
  2. literate
  3. innumeracy
  4. malnutrition
  5. underdevelopment
  6. infant mortality

Illiteracy Sentence Examples

  • Consequently the percentage of illiteracy is extremely low.

  • Illiteracy is extremely widespread.

  • Education is somewhat neglected by them, and the percentage of illiteracy among adults is high.

  • Education was vital both to eradicate illiteracy and to promote communism.

  • Of the total population, 10 years of age and over, 30.5% were illiterates in 1 9 00 -49'9% were illiterates in 1880 - and as regards the whites of native birth alone, Georgia ranked ninth in illiteracy, in 1900, among the states and territories of the Union.

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