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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person unable to read;
[syn: illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not able to read or write;

2. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field;
- Example: "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"
- Example: "he is musically illiterate"
[syn: ignorant, illiterate]

3. lacking culture, especially in language and literature; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Illiterate \Il*lit"er*ate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not +
   literatus learned. See In- not, and Literal.]
   Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books;
   unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man,
   or people.

   Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary.
        See Ignorant. -- Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. --
        Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

illiterate
    adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: literate]
    2: 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"
       [syn: ignorant, illiterate]
    3: lacking culture, especially in language and literature [ant:
       literate]
    n 1: a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, illiterate
         person, nonreader]