This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

adj. Unable to read and write.

adj. Having little or no formal education.

adj. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.

adj. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing.

adj. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.

adj. Unable to read and write.

adj. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

adj. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

n. an illiterate person, one not able to read.

adj. Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated.

Ignorant of letters or books; having little or no learning; unlettered; uncultivated: as, the illiterate part of the population; an illiterate tribe.

Showing illiteracy or want of culture; rude; barbarous.

Synonyms Unlettered, Unlearned, etc. See ignorant.

n. An illiterate person; one unable to read or to write.

n. a person unable to read

adj. not able to read or write

adj. lacking culture, especially in language and literature

adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

"Sending computers won't do much at all if people are illiterate never mind *computer illiterate* and starving."

functionally illiterate    preliterate    analphabetic    unlettered    semiliterate    uneducated   

literate   

illiterately    illiteracy    illiterateness   

untaught    unlettered    unlearned    ignorant    unscholary    uninstructed    uneducated   

literate   

uneducated    ignorant    unlettered    inexperienced    corrupt    worthless    uncivilized    undisciplined    needy    brainless