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subliterate

/sʌbˈlɪtəɹət/

subliterate adjective: having inferior literacy skills.

Adjective

subliterate (comparative more subliterate, superlative most subliterate)

  1. Having inferior literacy skills.

Noun

subliterate (plural subliterates)

  1. A subliterate person.
    Synonyms:
    semiliterate

Synonyms of subliterate

Forms of subliterate

Adjective
comparativemore subliterate
superlativemost subliterate
Noun
pluralsubliterates

Origin of subliterate

From sub- + literate.

Words formed from subliterate

Questions about subliterate

What does subliterate mean?
Subliterate means having inferior literacy skills.
What part of speech is subliterate?
Subliterate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce subliterate?
Subliterate is pronounced /sʌbˈlɪtəɹət/.

Words near subliterate in the dictionary

  1. sublist
  2. sublists
  3. subliteracies
  4. subliteracy
  5. subliterary
  6. subliterate
  7. subliterately
  8. subliterates
  9. subliterature
  10. subliteratures
  11. sublitharenite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subliterate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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