All illiterate synonyms
il·lit·er·ate
I i adj illiterate
- uneducated — not educated.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- unenlightened — to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to: We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues.
- ungrammatical — grammatically incorrect or awkward; not conforming to the rules or principles of grammar or accepted usage: an ungrammatical sentence.
- unlearned — not learned; not scholarly or erudite.
- unschooled — not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
- untaught — simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
- benighted — If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything.
- uninstructed — not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
- catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- unlettered — not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.
- unread — not read, as a letter or newspaper.
- untutored — not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.
adjective illiterate
- uninformed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- untrained — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
noun illiterate
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- schmo — a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- twerp — an insignificant or despicable fellow: Her father thinks her boyfriend is just a twerp.
- goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- dumb ox — a dimwit
- tomfool — a grossly foolish or stupid person; a silly fool.
- fathead — Slang. a stupid person; fool.
- geese — a plural of goose.
- soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
- schmuck — an obnoxious or contemptible person.
- turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- halfwit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- birdbrain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- ninny — a fool or simpleton.