Related Words for illiterate

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WordSyllablesCategories
unlettered
x/x
Adjective
ignorant
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
uneducated
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
literate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
unintelligent
xx/xx
Adjective
imbecile
/xx
Noun
illiteracy
x/xxx
Noun
unsophisticated
xx/xxx
Adjective
impoverished
x/x
Adjective, Verb
unskilled
x/
Adjective
uncultured
x/x
Adjective
clueless
/x
Noun
dumb
/
Adjective
uninformed
xx/
Adjective
dyslexic
x/x
Adjective
untutored
x/x
Adjective
retarded
x/x
Adjective
idiot
/xx
Noun
unenlightened
xx/x
Adjective
inept
x/
Adjective
educated
/xxx
Adjective, Verb
inarticulate
xx/xx
Adjective
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective
poor
/
Adjective
moron
/x
Noun
gullible
/xx
Adjective
disenfranchised
xx/x
Adjective
deaf
/
Noun
misinformed
xx/
Verb
malnourished
x/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective
untrained
x/
Adjective
uncivilized
x/xx
Adjective
bigoted
/xx
Adjective
uninterested
x/xx
Adjective
uncouth
//
Adjective
handicapped
/xx
Noun
deluded
x/x
Adjective
peasants
/x
Noun
lazy
/x
Adjective
impotent
/xx
Adjective
inattentive
xx/x
Adjective
inbred
/x
Adjective
blind
/
Noun
unreadable
x/xx
Adjective
unread
x/
Adjective
cramped
/
Adjective
illegible
x/xx
Adjective
unintelligible
xx/xxx
Adjective
oral
/x
Adjective
wordless
/x
Adjective
untranslatable
xx/xx
Adjective
insensible
x/xx
Adjective
nameless
/x
Adjective
indecipherable
xx/xxx
Adjective
unclear
x/
Adjective
hieroglyphic
xx/x
Noun
sharecropper
/xx
Noun
rustic
/x
Noun
boor
/
Noun
villager
/xx
Noun
cossack
/x
Name
tribals
/x
Noun
barbarian
x/xx
Noun
peon
/x
Noun
plebeians
x/x
Noun
peasantry
/xx
Noun
campesinos
xx/x
Noun
vulgar
/x
Noun
backward
/x
Adverb
nightingale
/xx
Noun
oaf
/
Noun
freedmen
/x
Noun
herdsman
/x
Noun
laity
/xx
Noun
voter
/x
Noun
scrawl
/
Noun
shoemaker
/xx
Noun
serfs
/
Noun
masses
/x
Noun
conscripts
/x
Noun
coolies
//
Noun
bards
/
Noun
laborer
/xx
Noun
rabble
/x
Noun
populace
/xx
Noun
mountaineer
/xx
Noun
blacksmith
/x
Noun
adults
x/
Noun
tailor
/x
Noun
electorate
x/xx
Noun
whites
/
Noun
nomads
/x
Noun
farmer
/x
Noun
weaver
/x
Noun
pagans
/x
Noun
commoners
/xx
Noun
negroes
/x
Noun
shepherd
/x
Noun
brahmin
/x
Noun
miner
/x
Noun
compatriots
x/xx
Noun
parishioners
x/xx
Noun
alien
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
basics
/x
Verb
belonging
x/x
Noun
composite
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
comprise
x/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
derive
x/
Verb
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
devoid
x/
Adjective, Verb
downtrodden
x/x
Adjective
emancipated
x/xxx
Adjective
enslaved
x/
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exploited
/xx
Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
indigent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
landless
/x
Adjective
literacy
/xxx
Noun
proceeds
x/
Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slavery
/xx
Noun, Adjective
underprivileged
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb