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."