What is another word for illiterate?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪlˈɪtəɹət], [ ɪlˈɪtəɹət], [ ɪ_l_ˈɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ə_t]
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Similar words for illiterate:
- ignorant (adjective)
- simple (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- empty-headed (adjective)
- low-browed (adjective)
- lowbrowed (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- uneducated (adjective)
- uninstructed (adjective)
- unlearned (adjective)
- unscholarly (adjective)
- unschooled (adjective)
- untrained (adjective)
- fool (noun)
Synonyms for Illiterate:
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adj.
• ignorant- Unconversant ,
- apprenticed ,
- birdbrained ,
- blind to ,
- brainless ,
- cretinous ,
- foolish ,
- mindless ,
- study at ignorant ,
- uneducated ,
- uninformed ,
- unintelligent ,
- unlearned ,
- shallower ,
- unconscious ,
- unmindful ,
- witless .
- empty headed ,
- know nothing ,
- knownothing ,
- more know nothing ,
- more know-nothing ,
- more knownothing ,
- most know nothing ,
- most know-nothing ,
- most knownothing .
- bad mannered ,
- badmannered ,
- dis courteous ,
- dis-courteous ,
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- more bad mannered ,
- more bad-mannered ,
- more badmannered ,
- more brutish ,
- most bad mannered ,
- most bad-mannered ,
- most badmannered ,
- most brutish ,
- un civil ,
- un civilized ,
- un couth ,
- un gracious ,
- un mannerly ,
- un polished ,
- un-civil ,
- un-civilized ,
- un-couth ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-mannerly .
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n.
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- knowledge .
Other synonyms:
- Graphology ,
- calligraphy ,
- callow ,
- cursive ,
- disorientated ,
- fledgling ,
- handwriting ,
- handwritten ,
- ignorance ,
- ill-informed ,
- impressionable ,
- inexperience ,
- inexperienced ,
- ingenuous ,
- jungli ,
- lay ,
- longhand ,
- misspell ,
- naive ,
- oblivious ,
- orthography ,
- penmanship ,
- sheltered ,
- speller ,
- spelling ,
- stenography ,
- unacquainted ,
- unaware ,
- unknowingly ,
- unseeing ,
- unsuspecting ,
- untried .
- Steno ,
- armchair ,
- barbarous ,
- crabbed ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- hazy ,
- heedless ,
- innocence ,
- insensitive ,
- rough-and-ready ,
- rough-hewn ,
- scholar ,
- scrawl ,
- shaky ,
- spell out ,
- spidery ,
- uncultivated ,
- unfamiliar ,
- uninitiated ,
- unqualified ,
- unrefined ,
- unschooled ,
- unsophisticated ,
- untrained ,
- wide-eyed .
- innocent ,
- scribble ,
- unreadable ,
- veil .
- stump .
- blind .
- spell .
Other relevant words:
- rude .
- Bookless ,
- Deceived ,
- Grammarless ,
- Half-learned ,
- Inerudite ,
- Mistaught ,
- Mooncalf ,
- Solecistic ,
- agitation ,
- analphabet ,
- analphabetic ,
- ass ,
- barbaric ,
- benighted ,
- bewilderment ,
- blockhead ,
- blunt ,
- booby ,
- buffoon ,
- catachrestic ,
- chaos ,
- clown ,
- clownish ,
- clutter ,
- commotion ,
- confusion ,
- dabbler ,
- dilettante ,
- disarray ,
- disorder ,
- disturbance ,
- dizzy ,
- dolt ,
- dummy ,
- dunce ,
- dupe ,
- empty ,
- fool ,
- functionally illiterate ,
- gothic ,
- greenhorn ,
- greeny ,
- gross ,
- gull ,
- heathen ,
- hoodwinked ,
- idiot ,
- ignoramus ,
- ill-educated ,
- illiteracy ,
- illiterate person ,
- joke ,
- know-nothing ,
- layman ,
- led astray ,
- low-browed ,
- lowbrow ,
- middlebrow ,
- misinformed ,
- misinstructed ,
- moron ,
- nescient ,
- ninny ,
- nonintellectual ,
- nonliterate ,
- nonreader ,
- pagan ,
- pandemonium ,
- pedantic ,
- philistine ,
- preliterate ,
- schmo ,
- schmuck ,
- semiliterate ,
- shallow ,
- softhead ,
- superficial ,
- tenderfoot ,
- tomfool ,
- turkey ,
- unbooked ,
- unbookish ,
- unbriefed ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncultured ,
- undereducated ,
- unedified ,
- uneducated person ,
- unenlightened ,
- ungrammatical ,
- unguided ,
- uninstructed ,
- unintellectual ,
- unknowing ,
- unknowledgeable ,
- unlettered ,
- unliterary ,
- unread ,
- unscholarly ,
- unstudious ,
- untaught ,
- untutored ,
- unversed ,
- unwitting ,
- wasteful .
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How to use "Illiterate" in context?
Frequently, people think of illiteracy only in the context of individuals who cannot read or write. But another aspect of illiteracy that is just as fraught with challenges is being illiterate in the context of modern society. For instance, what does it mean to be functionally illiterate in the age of computers and the internet? Or to have difficulty comprehending standardized tests? These individuals may have basic literacy skills, but they are hindered by communication difficulties and cultural norms that are not accessible to them. In many cases, illiteracy can also be a result of poverty or social isolation.
For many individuals, being illiterate imposes tremendous hardships.
Paraphrases for Illiterate:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
non-literate.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
literacy.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Exclusion
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Adjective
literate.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
illiteracy.
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Noun, singular or mass
illiteracy.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Illiterate:
n.
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person
uneducated person, know nothing, ignoramus.
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person
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