illiterate
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person unable to read
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Sense 2 adjective
not able to read or write
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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
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Sense 4 adjective
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
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| 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 |