Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: illiterate
IPA transcription: [,ɪl'ɪtɚət]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: illiterate
    Meaning: not able to read or write
  • Synonyms: ignorant, illiterate
    Meaning: 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"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: illiterate, illiterate_person, nonreader
    Meaning: a person unable to read
Usage examples
  • Delisle is altogether an illiterate person.
  • "No, you can't understand what I learned from that illiterate man--that simple fellow."
  • In his leisure moments, which were far from frequent, he read, although he hated books; this caused him to be not wholly illiterate.
  • The illiterate athletes like Langueduc think he's getting eccentric, but they just say, 'Good old Burne has got some queer ideas in his head,' and pass on--the Pharisee class--Gee! they ridicule him unmercifully."