nonliterate

non·lit·er·ate

adj \-ˈli-t(ə-)rət\

Definition of NONLITERATE

1

: not literate

2

: having no written language

— nonliterate noun

Examples of NONLITERATE

1. <an organization helping nonliterate adults improve their reading skills>

First Known Use of NONLITERATE

1947

Related to NONLITERATE

Synonyms: analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, ignorant, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Antonyms: educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words: functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms: brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

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Rhymes with NONLITERATE

aliterate, illiterate, preliterate, presbyterate