Overview of noun illiterate

The noun illiterate has 1 sense

• illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader -- (a person unable to read)

Overview of adj illiterate

The adj illiterate has 3 senses

• illiterate -- (not able to read or write)


• ignorant, illiterate -- (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")


• illiterate -- (lacking culture, especially in language and literature)