ILLITERATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person unable to read
   Synonym(s)
   • illiterate person (what does illiterate person mean?)
   • nonreader (what does nonreader mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) illiterate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ignoramus (what does ignoramus mean?)
   • know nothing (what does know nothing mean?)
   • uneducated person (what does uneducated person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • analphabet (what does analphabet mean?)
   • analphabetic (what does analphabetic mean?)
   • functional illiterate (what does functional illiterate mean?)

ILLITERATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge
   Synonym(s)
   • ignorant (what does ignorant mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • ignorant of quantum mechanics
   • musically illiterate
   Similar To
   • uneducated (what does uneducated mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not able to read or write
   Antonym(s)
   • literate (what does literate mean?)
   Similar To
   • analphabetic (what does analphabetic mean?)
   • unlettered (what does unlettered mean?)
   • functionally illiterate (what does functionally illiterate mean?)
   • preliterate (what does preliterate mean?)
   • semiliterate (what does semiliterate mean?)
   • semiliterate (what does semiliterate mean?)
   See Also
   • uneducated (what does uneducated mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • literacy (what does literacy mean?)