Synonyms for literate
ˈlɪt ər ɪtlit·er·ate

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1. literatenoun

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

2. literateadjective

   Able to read and write; having literacy.

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

3. literateadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

4. literateadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

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1. literate, literate personadjective

   a person who can read and write

   Synonyms:
   literate person

   Antonyms:
   illiterate, semiliterate, functionally illiterate, uneducated, preliterate, analphabetic, unlettered

2. literateadjective

   able to read and write

   Antonyms:
   unlettered, preliterate, uneducated, semiliterate, illiterate, analphabetic, functionally illiterate

3. literateadjective

   versed in literature; dealing with literature

   Antonyms:
   semiliterate, unlettered, illiterate, preliterate, uneducated, functionally illiterate, analphabetic

4. literateadjective

   knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields

   "computer literate"

   Antonyms:
   semiliterate, functionally illiterate, analphabetic, illiterate, preliterate, uneducated, unlettered

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1. List of paraphrases for "literate":

   literacy, educated

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1. Sunil Gulati:

   I don't think there is any doubt that the American public is far more soccer literate whether that is because of the World Cup (in 1994) or the presence of MLS or the presence of international soccer on television and the changes in technology and social media that facilitate all of that, people are far more literate, far more knowledgeable and far more engaged. That part is great.

2. Salman Aziz:

   Getting degree only makes someone literate to the society or the nation. But sometime their uncultured acts make them illiterate. Cause they have uneducated mind. Their minds have never got enlightenment with the true education that supposed to make them better person.

3. Paul Brain:

   Ok, they've maybe got a system which works well for young people who've got all the documentation, etcetera, but they seem to have made no allowances whatsoever for elderly people - perhaps from difficult backgrounds - who are not quite as IT-literate.

4. Nelly Cheboi:

   I see a future in Kenya and in the rest of the continent where kids are becoming really tech literate. And then, in turn, becoming global citizens, it’s a ripple effect. Some of them will help us in solving one of so many big challenges we have in the world today.

5. Don McLean:

   It’s kind of a folk song now, if there's any definition of what a real folk song is, in the world of music back a hundred years ago or so — even hundreds of years ago in rural areas — there were no tape recorders or TV or radio, or even people who were literate enough to write things down.