Illiterate

Adjective

 * 1) Unable to read and write.
 * 2) Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
 * 3) Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

Synonyms

 * ignorant
 * unlettered

Antonyms

 * literate

Derived terms

 * illiteracy
 * illiterately
 * illiterateness

Noun

 * 1) an illiterate person, one not able to read.

Adverbs for Illiterate
boorishly; shamefully; provincially; hopelessly; helplessly; innocently; unduly; lazily; slothfully; shamelessly; surprisingly; unexpectedly; woefully; deplorably; amazingly; utterly; remarkably; unreasonably; inexplicably; pitiably; sadly; completely; barbarously; terribly.

Thesaurus
Gothic, Philistine, barbarous, benighted, bookless, dabbler, deceived, dilettante, dunce, empty-headed, fool, functionally illiterate, grammarless, greenhorn, greeny, heathen, hoodwinked, ignoramus, ignorant, ill-educated, illiterati, know-nothing, led astray, lowbrow, middlebrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, no scholar, nonintellectual, pagan, puddinghead, rude, tenderfoot, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, uncultivated, uncultured, unedified, uneducated, unenlightened, unerudite, unguided, uninstructed, unintellectual, unintelligentsia, unlearned, unlettered, unliterary, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unstudious, untaught, untutored