nnoun.personan illiterate person who does not know the alphabetSynset:analphabet
Derivationally Related Form:analphabetic
Hypernyms:illiterate illiterate person nonreader
Inherited Hypernyms:analphabetilliterateignoramusunskilled personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:analphabetilliterateignoramusunskilled personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adjadj.pertrelating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabeticAntonyms:alphabetic
Pertainyms:alphabet
Inherited Hypernyms:analphabetic
adjadj.allnot alphabeticExamples:- an analphabetic arrangement of letters
- Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic
Antonyms:alphabetic
Inherited Hypernyms:analphabetic
adj satadj.allhaving little acquaintance with writingSynset:unlettered
Examples:- special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society
Antonyms:literate
Derivationally Related Form:analphabeticanalphabetism
Inherited Hypernyms:analphabetic
Similar to:illiterate