Literate

Origin

From Latin litteratus.

Full definition of literate

Adjective

1. Able to read and write; having literacy.
2. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
3. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
• 2005, Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, Harper:The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.

Antonyms

• illiterate

Derived terms

• computer literate

Related terms

• letter
• literal
• literacy
• literary
• literature

Noun

1. A person who is able to read and write

Anagrams

• laterite