Associations to the word «Illiterate»

Wiktionary

ILLITERATE, adjective. Unable to read and write.
ILLITERATE, adjective. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
ILLITERATE, adjective. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
ILLITERATE, noun. An illiterate person, one not able to read.

Dictionary definition

ILLITERATE, noun. A person unable to read.
ILLITERATE, adjective. Not able to read or write.
ILLITERATE, 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".
ILLITERATE, adjective. Lacking culture, especially in language and literature.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca