Synonyms for illiterate

Noun

1. illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader, ignoramus, know nothing, uneducated person

usage: a person unable to read

Adjective

1. illiterate (vs. literate), analphabetic, unlettered, functionally illiterate, preliterate, semiliterate, semiliterate, uneducated

usage: not able to read or write

2. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated (vs. educated)

usage: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate"