Illiterate Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Illiterate

Not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read

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Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.

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Not acquired or altered by schooling; natural

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Unsophisticated; unrefined.

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Of a person, ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.

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Not instructed; ignorant.

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Having read little; lacking in knowledge acquired by reading.

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illiterate person

a person unable to read

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nonreader

A person who cannot or does not read, especially a child who takes a long time learning to read.

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Antonyms for Illiterate

Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields.

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Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470).]

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Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:

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unable to read well; lacking education

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Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

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Words Related to Illiterate

Without education or knowledge

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Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

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ill-educated

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Find another word for illiterate. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for illiterate, like: unlettered, uneducated, literate, unenlightened, unschooled, untutored, nescient, able, educated, knowledge and unlearned.