illiterate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person unable to read
Types & categories
- ignoramus hypernym
- analphabet hyponym
- functional illiterate hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
not able to read or write
Related & opposite
- uneducated also see
- literate antonym
- literacy attribute
- unlettered similar to
- functionally illiterate similar to
- preliterate similar to
- semiliterate similar to
- semiliterate similar to
Sense 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
Related & opposite
- uneducated similar to
Sense 4 adjective
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
Related & opposite
- literate antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ignoramus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | analphabet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | functional illiterate |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | uneducated |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | literate |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | literacy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unlettered |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | functionally illiterate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | preliterate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiliterate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiliterate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | uneducated |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | literate |