Definition of illiterate Illiterate
/ɪlɪˈtɚʌt/ - [iliterut] - il•lit•er•ate
We found 12 definitions of illiterate from 6 different sources.
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What does illiterate mean?
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NounPlural: illiterates |
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| illiterate - a person unable to read | ||
| illiterate person, nonreader | ||
| ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person an ignorant person | ||
| analphabet, analphabetic an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | ||
Adjective |
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| illiterate - not able to read or write | ||
| literate knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate" | ||
| uneducated not having a good education | ||
| literacy the ability to read and write | ||
| unlettered, analphabetic not alphabetic; "an analphabetic arrangement of letters"; "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic" | ||
| functionally illiterate having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs | ||
| preliterate used of a society that has not developed writing | ||
| semiliterate literate but poorly informed | ||
| illiterate - lacking culture, especially in language and literature | ||
| illiterate - uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" | ||
| ignorant | ||
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- illiterate (Noun)
An illiterate person, one not able to read. - illiterate (Adjective)
Unable to read and write. - illiterate (Adjective)
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. - illiterate (Adjective)
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- illiterate (a.)
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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illiterate
A person who cannot read and write.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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illiterate
il-lit′ėr-āt, adj. not learned: uninstructed: ignorant.—n.pl. a term used to designate those persons who are unable to read or write or both.—adv. Illit′erately.—ns. Illit′erateness, Illit′eracy, state of being illiterate: want of learning
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🔤- illiterate, noun, singular of illiterates.
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