illiterate

Speech parts

1. illiterate - Noun

2. illiterate - Adjective

3. illiterate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ignorant unlettered analphabetic unlearned untaught nonreader unschooled uneducated illiterate person mama philistine amia simple momma ignorance
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Antonyms

literate wizard able great blue learned
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Hypernyms

ignoramus know-nothing uneducated person

Hyponyms

analphabetic analphabet functional illiterate

Phrases with the word

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Examples

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler

Images are books for the illiterate and silent heralds of the honor of the saints, teaching those who see with a soundless voice and sanctifying the sight. John of Damascus

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. Aleister Crowley

God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own. Anselm of Canterbury

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

An illiterate king is a crowned ass. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

illiteracy-free illiteral illiterally illiterate dragon illiterate man illiterate person