illiterate
21illiterate — adjective 1) an illiterate peasant Syn: unable to read or write, unlettered 2) too many voters are politically illiterate Syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untaught, untutored, untrained …
22illiterate — il•lit•er•ate [[t]ɪˈlɪt ər ɪt[/t]] adj. 1) unable to read and write 2) having or demonstrating little education 3) showing lack of culture 4) displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field: musically illiterate[/ex] 5) an illiterate… …
23illiterate — Unlettered; ignorant of letters or books; untaught, unlearned; uninstructed in science. A person who can sign his name, may still be illiterate. Hence it is improper to describe a person who cannot sign his name by the word illiterate. Re… …
24illiterate — 1. adjective /ɪˈlɪtəɹət/ a) Unable to read and write. b) Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little …
25illiterate — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Philistine, barbarous, benighted, bookless, dabbler, deceived, dilettante, dunce, empty headed, fool, functionally illiterate, grammarless, greenhorn, greeny, heathen, hoodwinked, ignoramus, ignorant, ill… …
26illiterate — [ɪˈlɪtərət] adj 1) not able to read or write 2) containing a lot of mistakes in grammar and spelling 3) lacking knowledge in a particular subject politically illiterate[/ex] illiteracy [ɪˈlɪtərəsi] noun [U] …
27illiterate — /ɪˈlɪtərət / (say i lituhruht), /ɪˈlɪtrət / (say i litruht) adjective 1. unable to read and write. 2. lacking education. 3. showing lack of culture. –noun 4. an illiterate person. {Latin illiterātus unlettered} –illiterately, adverb… …
28illiterate — adj. & n. adj. 1 unable to read. 2 uneducated. n. an illiterate person. Derivatives: illiteracy n. illiterately adv. illiterateness n. Etymology: L illitteratus (as IN (1), litteratus LITERATE) …
29illiterate, ignorant — An illiterate person is someone unable to read. The term has been broadened to mean unable to read or write. Somewhat loosely and inexactly, illiterate is now used also to mean not only unlettered but lacking knowledge or culture either in… …
30illiterate person — noun a person unable to read • Syn: ↑illiterate, ↑nonreader • Hypernyms: ↑ignoramus, ↑know nothing, ↑uneducated person • Hyponyms: ↑analphabet, ↑ …
