analphabetic

1. 1.

   relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic

   Antonymsalphabetic
2. 2.

   not alphabetic

   “an analphabetic arrangement of letters”

   “Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic”

   Antonymsalphabetic
3. 3.

   having little acquaintance with writing

   “special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society”

   Synonymsunlettered

   Similarilliterate

1. 1.

   an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet

   Synonymsanalphabet

   Broaderilliterate

Other forms of analphabetic

plural

analphabetics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about analphabetic

What does analphabetic mean?

analphabetic means "relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in analphabetic?

analphabetic has 5 syllables: a-nal-pha-be-tic. The stress falls on "be".

What is another word for analphabetic?

Close synonyms include unlettered, analphabet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of analphabetic?

The recorded antonyms are alphabetic, alphabetic.

Is analphabetic a common word?

analphabetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.