1. (

• illiterate ,
• illiterate_person ,
• nonreader ,

) a person unable to read ;

1. (

• illiterate

) not able to read or write ;

2. (

• ignorant ,
• illiterate

) uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" ;

3. (

• illiterate ,

) lacking culture, especially in language and literature ;