illiterate

  • (a) not able to read or write
  • (s) 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,
  • (a) lacking culture, especially in language and literature

Nouns

Synonyms

illiterate person nonreader ignorant

Antonyms

literate

See also

uneducated

Words of close approximity

illiteracy
illiterate person