Synonyms of the word

unlettered

• adj. not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read.
• adj. not expressed in or marked with letters.

analphabetic

• adj. (not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
• adj. (comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
• n. An illiterate person.

ignorant

• adj. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
• adj. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
• adj. (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered.
• adj. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
• n. One who is ignorant.

illiterate

• adj. Unable to read and write.
• adj. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal…
• adj. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
• n. an illiterate person, one not able to read.

nescient

• n. an ignorant person.
• n. an unbeliever holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the…
• adj. ignorant, unlearned.
• adj. unbelieving.

uneducated

• adj. not educated.

unenlightened

• adj. Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.

unlearned

• adj. Of a person, ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
• adj. Of a behavior, not learned; innate.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of unlearn.