Synonym: ignorant, uncultured, uneducated, unlearned. Antonym: literate. Similar words: alliteration, literate, reiterate, satellite, literally, literary, adulterate, inveterate. Meaning: ['ɪ'lɪtərət /-trət] n. a person unable to read. adj. 1. not able to read or write 2. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field 3. lacking culture, especially in language and literature.
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(61) An illiterate young man, nineteen years of age, sits beside me in a restaurant and quietly surveys the menu.
(62) For illiterate and landless serfs and peasants the language of their landlord made little difference to their lives.
(63) Even at the present level, direct federal allocations represent about $ 1. 65 per year for each illiterate.
(64) As an illiterate, he does not have the privilege of voting.
(65) Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it. John Steinbeck
(66) What of the illiterate who uses a forbidden pesticide in total ignorance of its potential dangers?
(67) Many were almost illiterate and spent much of their time drinking and fornicating, as did some of the nuns. Sentencedict.com
(68) To the degree that we accept such rituals without denunciation, we are colluding in the further subjugation of illiterate adults.
(69) Ninety per cent of the population is kept politically illiterate, and the government takes orders from the corporations.
(70) Word spread widely and quickly, through the networks, even through underground comic books where the illiterate could read them.
(71) Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate.
(72) Suppose I suffered from a reading disability or, worse yet, was illiterate?
(73) In fact, although Constanze was not such an accomplished singer as her two elder sisters, she was by no means musically illiterate.
(74) Over ninety percent of the islanders here are illiterate.
(75) An illiterate factory worker won the lottery.
(76) Here's where I luck out: I'm really computer illiterate.
(77) The lateral é lite is literally illiterate.
(78) Only ten percent of the population here is illiterate.
(79) The most erudite person and the most illiterate person...
(80) Many senior managers are technologically illiterate.
(81) Musically illiterate . See usage Note at literate.
(82) There are still many illiterate people in our country.
(83) Broadcast medium called best for reaching poor and illiterate.
(84) Unlike in Kerala, halfof all women in Andhra Pradesh remain illiterate.
(85) An American expert said: "In the future, an illiterate person is not the one who can't recognize words but the one who can't learn."
(86) Will be used by website illiterate person so needs to be simple, similar to standard photo gallery in program.
(87) Natty , brave, kindly, and illiterate hovers between the two worlds of Indian and white man.
(88) But disreputable , illiterate and ignorant though he was, Fegelein seems to have been possessed of a simon-pure instinct for survival.
(89) In other words, someone as intelligent as Mr. Fang would prefer a stupid, illiterate woman.
(90) This report was semi - illiterate but crammed with facts.
More similar words: alliteration, literate, reiterate, satellite, literally, literary, adulterate, inveterate, berate, operate, illustrate, cooperate, tolerate, liberate, desperate, moderate, generate, exaggerate, deliberate, accelerate, desperately, deliberately, cooperate with, deteriorate, extraterrestrial, fill in, fillip, million, illicit, billion.