literate C2+ Topic:Communication US /ˈlɪtərət/ UK /ˈlɪtərət/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to read and write; well educated Only a small fraction of the population was literate at the time. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to read and write;... educatedletteredlearnedculturedschoolederudite ↔ Opposites illiterateunletteredignorantuneducated Word family Derived forms literatelyliterateness Related forms literacyliteratureliteral Etymology AI details From Latin litterātus ('marked with letters, learned'), from littera ('letter of the alphabet'). litterātus Latin littera Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # literate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈlɪtərət/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈlɪtərət/ ## Meanings 1. able to read and write; well educated ## Examples - Only a small fraction of the population was literate at the time. ## Synonyms - educated - lettered - learned - cultured - schooled - erudite ## Antonyms - illiterate - unlettered - ignorant - uneducated ## Derived Forms - literately - literateness ## Related Forms - literacy - literature - literal ## Roots and Affixes - Root: litterātus - Root: littera ## Etymology From Latin litterātus ('marked with letters, learned'), from littera ('letter of the alphabet'). ## AI Etymology Literate is from Latin litterātus ('marked with letters, learned'), from littera ('letter of the alphabet'). Important recorded forms include litterātus (Latin) and littera (Latin). The current sense covers able to read and write; well educated. The wider family includes derived forms such as literately and literateness and related words such as literacy, literature, and literal. ## Topics - Communication - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown