What is another word for illiterate?
Synonyms for illiterate
ɪˈlɪt ər ɪtil·lit·er·ate
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Wiktionary
illiterateadjective
Synonyms:
unlettered, ignorantAntonyms:
literateilliterateadjective
Unable to read and write.
Synonyms:
unlettered, ignorantAntonyms:
literateilliterateadjective
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
Synonyms:
unlettered, ignorantAntonyms:
literateilliterateadjective
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Synonyms:
ignorant, unletteredAntonyms:
literate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
illiterate
Ignorant signifies destitute of education or knowledge, or lacking knowledge or information; it is thus a relative term. The most learned man is still ignorant of many things; persons are spoken of as ignorant who have not the knowledge that has become generally diffused in the world; the ignorant savage may be well instructed in matters of the field and the chase, and is thus more properly untutored than ignorant. Illiterate is without letters and the knowledge that comes through reading. Unlettered is similar in meaning to illiterate, but less absolute; the unlettered man may have acquired the art of reading and writing and some elementary knowledge; the uneducated man has never taken any systematic course of mental training. Ignorance is relative; illiteracy is absolute; we have statistics of illiteracy; no statistics of ignorance are possible.
Synonyms:
ignorant, ill-informed, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unskilled, untaught, untutoredAntonyms:
educated, instructed, learned, sage, skilled, trained, well-informed, wise
Princeton's WordNet
illiterate, illiterate person, nonreaderadjective
a person unable to read
Synonyms:
nonreader, illiterate personAntonyms:
literate, literary, educated, belletristicilliterateadjective
not able to read or write
Synonyms:
ignorantAntonyms:
belletristic, educated, literate, literaryignorant, illiterateadjective
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"
Synonyms:
nescient, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unlearned, unknowing, ignorant, unwittingAntonyms:
literary, educated, literate, belletristicilliterateadjective
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
Synonyms:
ignorantAntonyms:
belletristic, educated, literate, literary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
illiterateadjective
Synonyms:
uninstructed (in books), unlettered, unlearned, untaught, ignorantilliterateadjective
Synonyms:
moroseness, sullenness, ill-temper, bad temperilliterateadjective
Synonyms:
morose, sullen, sulky, cross, churlish, crabbed, sour, perverse, wayward, crusty, petulant, cross-grained, ill-tempered
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List of paraphrases for "illiterate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#14614 | ignorant | |
#32447 | illiterate | |
#35413 | unskilled | |
#38902 | illiteracy | |
#42339 | uninformed | |
#46925 | uneducated | |
#71973 | unwitting | |
#89384 | unknowing | |
#94975 | unlearned | |
#139288 | unenlightened | |
#191467 | unlettered | |
#201184 | untutored | |
#261906 | untaught | |
#288760 | uninstructed | |
#313904 | unknowledgeable |
How to use illiterate in a sentence?
My grandmother was illiterate, but my grandmother said,' You fight,' she said,' You fight for what is right or you lay down for what's wrong.'.
Especially as the majority of the population is illiterate, as artists, we can communicate through visuals.
There were a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate. Joe Biden `` Everyone formed the literacy brigade.
This is a security regime that can be easily penetrated by ISIS-trained operatives, most of the security personnel staffing posts are largely untrained, uneducated, even illiterate conscripts.
Such illiterate imams of mosques should not be allowed to deliver speeches. His arrest is under the National Action Plan that hate speeches inciting violence are no longer allowed in this country.
Translations for illiterate
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- наҙанBashkir
- analfabet, illetratCatalan, Valencian
- negramotnýCzech
- analfabetDanish
- ungebildet, ungelehrt, Analphabet, Analphabetin, analphabetischGerman
- αγράμματος, αναλφάβητοςGreek
- iletrado, analfabetoSpanish
- sivistymätön, kouluja käymätön, lukutaidotonFinnish
- analphabète, illettré, illettréeFrench
- írástudatlan, analfabéta, műveletlen, tanulatlanHungarian
- անգրագետArmenian
- analfabeta, illetteratoItalian
- 文盲, 非識字者Japanese
- 문맹Korean
- nexwenda, نهخوێندهوار, nexwendewarKurdish
- tunaaksaraMalay
- ongeletterd, analfabeet, ongeletterdeDutch
- analfabetka, analfabeta, niepiśmiennyPolish
- analfabetoPortuguese
- analfabet, anaflabetăRomanian
- неграмотный, безграмотный, невежественныйRussian
- analfabet, obildad, illitterat, analfabetiskSwedish
- thất họcVietnamese
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