literate

1. 1.

   a person who can read and write

   Synonymsliterate person

   Broaderperson

   Narroweralphabetizerreaderwriter

Other forms of literate

plural

literates·

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 literate

What does literate mean?

literate means "able to read and write". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in literate?

literate has 3 syllables: lit-e-rate. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /ˈlɪtɚət/.

What is another word for literate?

Close synonyms include literate person. 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 literate?

The recorded antonyms are illiterate, illiterate.

Is literate a common word?

literate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with literate?

1 word rhymes with literate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.