unlettered

Questions about unlettered

What does unlettered mean?

unlettered means "having little acquaintance with writing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unlettered?

unlettered has 3 syllables: un-let-tered. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unlettered?

Close synonyms include analphabetic, ignorant, nescient, unlearned. 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.

Is unlettered a common word?

unlettered 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.