| ALITERATE | • aliterate adj. Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so. • aliterate n. Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so. • ALITERATE adj. not literate. |
| ALLITERATE | • alliterate v. (Intransitive) To exhibit alliteration. • alliterate v. (Transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration. • ALLITERATE v. to form an alliteration. |
| ANTILITERATE | • antiliterate adj. Opposed to literacy or literature. • ANTILITERATE adj. opposed to literacy. |
| ILLITERATE | • illiterate adj. Unable to read and write. • illiterate adj. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. • illiterate adj. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing. |
| ITERATE | • iterate v. (Computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set. • iterate v. (Computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action. • iterate v. (Transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat. |
| LITERATE | • literate adj. Able to read and write; having literacy. • literate adj. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read. • literate adj. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect). |
| NONLITERATE | • nonliterate adj. Not literate; illiterate. • nonliterate n. A nonliterate person. • NONLITERATE n. one who is not literate. |
| OBLITERATE | • obliterate v. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
| POSTLITERATE | • postliterate adj. After the decline of literacy. • POSTLITERATE adj. relating to or occurring after the introduction of the electronic media. |
| PRELITERATE | • preliterate adj. (Of a culture) that has not yet developed a written language. • preliterate adj. (Of a person) who has not yet learned to read and write. • preliterate n. A member of such a culture. |
| REITERATE | • reiterate v. (Transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis. • reiterate v. (Transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly. • reiterate adj. Reiterated; repeated. |
| SEMILITERATE | • semiliterate adj. Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language. • semiliterate n. A person who is semiliterate. • SEMILITERATE adj. able to read and write on an elementary level. |
| SUBLITERATE | • subliterate adj. Having inferior literacy skills. • subliterate n. A subliterate person. • SUBLITERATE adj. not fully literate. |
| TRANSLITERATE | • transliterate v. (Transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system. • TRANSLITERATE v. to represent or spell in the characters of another alphabet. |