illiterate
Meaning of illiterate
- An illiterate person, one not able to read and write.
- A person ignorant about a given subject.
The government is run by business illiterates.
- Unable to read and write.
- Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
- Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
- Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate
Information about illiterate
- The plural form of illiterate is: illiterates.
- Languages in which illiterate is used:
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Hyphenation of illiterate
il-lit-er-ate
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- illiterate is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
illiterate synonyms
Meaning ignorant:
Meaning illiterate person:
Meaning :
analphabet, analphabetic, unlettered
illiterate antonyms
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Translation of illiterate
- Italian: analfabeta
- French: analphabète
- German: Analphabet
- Spanish: analfabeto, iletrado, analfabeta, iletrada
- Portuguese: analfabeto
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