illiterate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person unable to read

Synonyms

• illiterate
• illiterate person
• nonreader

More generic

• ignoramus
• know nothing
• uneducated person

More specific

• analphabet
• analphabetic
• functional illiterate

Adjective

uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

Synonyms

• ignorant
• illiterate

Related

• uneducated

Adjective

lacking culture, especially in language and literature

Synonyms

• illiterate

Opposite / Antonyms

• literate

Adjective

not able to read or write

Synonyms

• illiterate

Related

• analphabetic
• functionally illiterate
• preliterate
• semiliterate
• unlettered

Opposite / Antonyms

• literate

Also See

• uneducated

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