ILLITERATE PERSON
Dictionary entry overview: What does illiterate person mean? • ILLITERATE PERSON (noun)
The noun ILLITERATE PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person unable to read
Familiarity information: ILLITERATE PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ILLITERATE PERSON (noun)
Meaning:
A person unable to read
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
illiterate; illiterate person; nonreader
Hypernyms ("illiterate person" is a kind of...):
ignoramus; know nothing; uneducated person (an ignorant person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illiterate person"):
analphabet; analphabetic (an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet)
functional illiterate (a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs)
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