Antonyms for literate
ˈlɪt ər ɪtlit·er·ate

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1. literatenoun

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

2. literateadjective

   Able to read and write; having literacy.

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

3. literateadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

4. literateadjective

   Antonyms:
   illiterate

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:0.0 / 0 votes

1. literate, literate personadjective

   a person who can read and write

   Antonyms:
   illiterate, semiliterate, functionally illiterate, uneducated, preliterate, analphabetic, unlettered

   Synonyms:
   literate person

2. literateadjective

   able to read and write

   Antonyms:
   unlettered, preliterate, uneducated, semiliterate, illiterate, analphabetic, functionally illiterate

3. literateadjective

   versed in literature; dealing with literature

   Antonyms:
   semiliterate, unlettered, illiterate, preliterate, uneducated, functionally illiterate, analphabetic

4. literateadjective

   knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields

   "computer literate"

   Antonyms:
   semiliterate, functionally illiterate, analphabetic, illiterate, preliterate, uneducated, unlettered

How to use literate in a sentence?

1. Ashok Jangale:

   We have trained her son, who is literate, to keep a log and check the owner's log, we tell them not to borrow so much money for festivals and weddings: they should know what is trapping them. And that when they have paid off what they owe, they have a right to leave.

2. Aaron Smith:

   Technology permeates modern life and we thought it would be revealing to see how knowledgeable people were about some core concepts and history, policy makers, tech designers, and those orienting their organizations around digital life can profit from knowing just how 'technology literate' people are and where gaps in their knowledge might be. Just because people use these gadgets a lot doesn't necessarily mean they know everything about how they work and where they came from.

3. George III:

   They read the Bible. They read Isaac Watts hymns. They read the Catechism. They were instilling in them, you actually had to be able to read to be able to understand some of these documents along the way. This is a very, very literate society.

4. Nelly Cheboi:

   I see a future in Kenya and in the rest of the continent where kids are becoming really tech literate. And then, in turn, becoming global citizens, it’s a ripple effect. Some of them will help us in solving one of so many big challenges we have in the world today.

5. Paul Brain:

   Ok, they've maybe got a system which works well for young people who've got all the documentation, etcetera, but they seem to have made no allowances whatsoever for elderly people - perhaps from difficult backgrounds - who are not quite as IT-literate.

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