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literate

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Synonyms & Antonyms of literate

having or displaying advanced knowledge or education

the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows

Synonyms for literate

educated,
erudite,
knowledgeable,
learned,
lettered,
scholarly,
well-read

Words Related to literate

civilized,
cultivated,
cultured

cerebral,
highbrow,
highbrowed,
intellectual

polished,
refined,
well-bred

academic
(also academical),
bookish,
didactic,
didactical,
inkhorn,
pedantic,
professorial

informed,
instructed,
schooled,
skilled,
trained

homeschooled,
self-educated,
self-instructed,
self-taught

briefed,
enlightened,
informed,
versed

overeducated,
polyhistoric,
polymath
(or polymathic)

Near Antonyms for literate

uncivilized,
uncultivated,
uncultured

lowbrow,
semiliterate,
unintellectual

ill-bred,
unpolished,
unrefined

uninformed,
unknowledgeable

uninstructed,
unschooled,
untaught,
untutored

semiliterate,
undereducated

Antonyms for literate

benighted,
dark,
ignorant,
illiterate,
uneducated,
unlearned,
unlettered,
unscholarly

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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 6 Dec. 2021.

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