10 Letter Words for Illiterate
illiterate
8 Letter Words for Illiterate
laetrile, laterite, literate, literati, rillette, teallite, teretial, tilletia
7 Letter Words for Illiterate
ailette, ariette, atelier, italite, iterate, literal, littler, reallie, realtie, retitle, rillett, taillie, tallier, tearlet, tertial, tilaite, tillier, tillite, tiralee, treille, trilite, trillet
6 Letter Words for Illiterate
alette, aliter, arette, arilli, artlet, attire, earlet, elater, illite, ittria, latite, latter, letter, lettre, lirate, litter, little, ratite, rattel, rattle, relate, retail, retell, retial, retile, retill, rillet, tailer, tailet, taille, talite, taller, tallet, tallit, talter, tartle, tatler, telial, tellar, teller, tertia, tertii, tiller, tillet, tilter, titler, trilit, trilli
5 Letter Words for Illiterate
aerie, aillt, alert, aliet, alite, allee, aller, alter, areel, arete, arett, ariel, arite, artel, atilt, atlee, atter, attle, eater, elate, elite, ettle, ileal, ilial, iller, irate, laeti, laree, later, latte, leare, leear, liart, litai, liter, litra, raile, ratel, ratti, reate, relet, relie, retal, retia, retie, rille, taler, talli, tarie, tarte, tater, tatie, teart, telar, telia, tellt, terai, tetel, tetra, tetri, tiler, tilia, titar, titer, title, trail, trait, treat, trial, trill, trite
4 Letter Words for Illiterate
aiel, aile, aire, airt, alee, alii, aret, aril, arle, arte, atle, atli, atte, eale, earl, eila, eira, eire, elle, elli, eral, erat, eria, erie, etat, iare, ilea, ilia, itai, ital, itel, iter, itll, laer, laet, lair, lait, lare, lari, late, lati, leal, lear, leat, leer, leet, leir, lere, lete, lett, liar, lier, lila, lile, lilt, lira, lire, liri, lite, liti, ller, rail, rait, rale, rall, rate, real, reel, reet, reit, rete, rial, riel, rile, rill, rita, rite, ritt, rtlt, tael, tail, tait, tale, tali, tall, tare, tari, tart, tate, teal, tear, teat, teel, teer, teet, teil, tela, tele, teli, tell, telt, tera, tete, tiar, tier, tile, till, tilt, tire, tirl, tite, titi, trat, tree, tret, trie, trit
3 Letter Words for Illiterate
aer, ail, air, ait, ale, all, alt, are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, eel, eer, eir, ela, eli, ell, elt, era, ere, ert, eta, ile, ill, ira, ire, ita, lai, lar, lat, lea, lee, lei, ler, let, lie, lir, lit, ltr, rai, rat, rea, ree, rei, rel, ria, rie, rit, rle, rte, rti, tai, tal, tar, tat, tea, tee, tel, ter, tet, tie, til, tit, tlr, tra, tri, trt
Definitions for Illiterate
[1] unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
[2] having or demonstrating very little or no education.
[3] showing lack of culture, especially in language and literature.
[4] displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field: He is musically illiterate.
[5] an illiterate person.
[6] unable to read and write
[7] violating accepted standards in reading and writing an illiterate scrawl
[8] uneducated, ignorant, or uncultured scientifically illiterate
[9] an illiterate person
Words related to Illiterate
uneducated, ignorant, unenlightened, ungrammatical, unlearned, unschooled, untaught, benighted, uninstructed, unlettered, unread, untutored
Words nearby Illiterate
illinois waterway, illinoisan, illiquid, illite, illiteracy, illiterate, illiterati, illness, illocution, illocutionary, illogic
Origin of Illiterate
First recorded in 1550–60, illiterate is from the Latin word illiterātus unlettered. See il-2, literate
Words that may be confused with Illiterate
illegible, illiterate, unreadable, illiterate, innumerate
Other words from Illiterate
il·lit·er·ate·ly , adverb
il·lit·er·ate·ness , noun
sem·i-il·lit·er·ate , adjective
sem·i-il·lit·er·ate·ly , adverb
sem·i-il·lit·er·ate·ness , noun
Synonyms for Illiterate
ignorant, uneducated, benighted, catachrestic, inerudite, solecistic, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored