Illiterate synonyms

ĭ-lĭt'ər-ĭt

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unlettered
Not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read
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unenlightened
Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
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unschooled
Not acquired or altered by schooling; natural
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untutored
Unsophisticated; unrefined.
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literate (antonym)
Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields.
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able (antonym)
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470).]
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educated (antonym)
Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured:
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knowledge (related)
Without education or knowledge
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ignorant
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
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unread
Having read little; lacking in knowledge acquired by reading.
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taught (antonym)
unable to read well; lacking education
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learned (antonym)
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
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untaught
Not instructed; ignorant.
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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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innumerate (related)
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semi-literate (related)
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ill-educated (related)
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unintelligent (related)
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impoverished (related)
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Illiterate Sentence Examples

  • She was illiterate, and with difficulty scrawled an awkward E.

  • Regimental schools impart elementary education to illiterate soldiers.

  • We are underbred and low-lived and illiterate; and in this respect I confess I do not make any very broad distinction between the illiterateness of my townsman who cannot read at all and the illiterateness of him who has learned to read only what is for children and feeble intellects.

  • No, you can't understand what I learned from that illiterate man--that simple fellow.

  • Aymer was illiterate, ignorant of the English language, and wholly secular in his mode of life.

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