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ILLITERATE PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person unable to read

Synonyms:

illiterate; illiterate person; nonreader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("illiterate person" is a kind of...):

ignoramus; know nothing; uneducated person (an ignorant person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "illiterate person"):

analphabet; analphabetic (an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet)

functional illiterate (a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs)

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