illiterate person

Noun

Meaning

a person unable to read

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

illiterate nonreader aliterate

Antonyms

bookman bibliophile literati bibliomaniac

Hypernyms

ignoramus know-nothing uneducated person

Hyponyms

analphabetic analphabet functional illiterate

Examples

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

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. Walt Whitman

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative. Godfrey Reggio

Close letter words and terms

illiterate illiterate dragon illiterate man illiterate woman illiterately illiterateness