LITERATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does literate mean?
• LITERATE (noun)
The noun LITERATE has 1 sense:
1. a person who can read and write
Familiarity information: LITERATE used as a noun is very rare.
• LITERATE (adjective)
The adjective LITERATE has 3 senses:
1. able to read and write
2. versed in literature; dealing with literature
3. knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
Familiarity information: LITERATE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LITERATE (noun)
Meaning:
A person who can read and write
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
literate; literate person
Hypernyms ("literate" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "literate"):
alphabetiser; alphabetizer (a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order)
reader (a person who can read; a literate person)
writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)
• LITERATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Able to read and write
Antonym:
illiterate (not able to read or write)
Meaning:
Versed in literature; dealing with literature
Similar:
belletristic (written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content)
literary (knowledgeable about literature)
Also:
educated (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))
sophisticated (having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire)
Antonym:
illiterate (lacking culture, especially in language and literature)
Meaning:
Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
Context example:
computer literate
Similar:
educated (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))
