Noun
illiterate -
a person unable to read
illiterate person ,
nonreader
ignoramus ,
know nothing ,
uneducated person an ignorant person
analphabet ,
analphabetic an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
Adjective
illiterate -
not able to read or write
literate knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate"
uneducated not having a good education
literacy the ability to read and write
unlettered ,
analphabetic not alphabetic; "an analphabetic arrangement of letters" ; "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic"
functionally illiterate having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs
preliterate used of a society that has not developed writing
semiliterate literate but poorly informed
illiterate -
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
illiterate -
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"
ignorant
