Dictionary Entry
illiterate
illiterate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
- 2noun
a person unable to read
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- 3adjective
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"
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- 4adjective
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
- 5adjective
not able to read or write
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