analphabet
noun
an·al·pha·bet (ˌ)an-ˈal-fə-ˌbet 
-bət
: a person who cannot read : illiterate
analphabetic
ˌan-ˌal-fə-ˈbe-tik
adjective or noun analphabetism
(ˌ)an-ˈal-fə-bə-ˌti-zəm
noun 
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin analphabētus, derivative of analphabētus, adjective, "illiterate," borrowed from Greek analphábētos, from an- an- + -alphabētos, derivative of alphábētos alphabet
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
analphabetic
adjective
as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books this analphabetic society left no written records so archaeologists must piece together their culture from a variety of nonverbal artifacts Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ignorant
- dark
- simple
- inexperienced
- uneducated
- nonliterate
- functionally illiterate
- benighted
- unschooled
- illiterate
- innocent
- rude
- untaught
- untutored
- unlearned
- uninstructed
- unread
- unlettered
- naive
- idiotical
- green
- lowbrow
- stupid
- foolish
- artless
- semiliterate
- unsophisticated
- idiotic
- uncultured
- unknowledgeable
- uncultivated
- dumb
- unskilled
- philistine
- imbecile
- silly
- callow
- moronic
- untrained
- innumerate
- naïve
- witless
- raw
- brainless
- imbecilic
- senseless
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- educated
- brilliant
- knowledgeable
- intelligent
- experienced
- literate
- expert
- lettered
- schooled
- trained
- smart
- learned
- erudite
- aware
- intellectual
- cultivated
- familiar
- well-informed
- sophisticated
- polyhistoric
- scholarly
- well-read
- highbrow
- acquainted
- polymathic
- cultured
- polymath