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

1. adjective. Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
2. noun. a person unable to read

   Synonyms: nonreader

3. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: ignorant

4. adjective. lacking culture, especially in language and literature
5. adjective. not able to read or write

Synonyms

nonreader, ignorant

Common word forms

illiterates, illiterately, illiterateness

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ILLITERATE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.