literate

literate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.
2. noun. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.
3. noun. A literary man.
4. noun. a person who can read and write
5. adjective. knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields

   "computer literate"

6. adjective. versed in literature; dealing with literature
7. adjective. able to read and write

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in literate:

laterite, teretial

Common word forms

literated, literates, literately, literateness

Words from these letters

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