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nonliterate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of nonliterate

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books

an organization helping nonliterate adults improve their reading skills

Synonyms of nonliterate

analphabetic, benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Words Related to nonliterate

functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable

artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured

callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve)

unsophisticated

raw, unskilled, untrained

brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless

foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms of nonliterate

brilliant, intelligent, smart

experienced, expert, trained

erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly

cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual

acquainted, aware, familiar

Antonyms of nonliterate

educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

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