Thesaurus: illiterate

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1. a. Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
2. adj. not able to read or write
3. adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
4. adj. lacking culture, especially in language and literature
5. n. a person unable to read
6. Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Syn. -- Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See Ignorant. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.
7. Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed;uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
8. j:91/n:9 n. a person unable to read a. not able to read or write a. lacking culture, especially in language and literature