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Definitions

unlettered

[uhn-let-erd] / ʌnˈlɛt ərd /
ADJECTIVE
dark
Synonyms
WEAK
benighted uncultivated unenlightened unread
Antonyms
WEAK
apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid
ADJECTIVE
ignorant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illiterate innocent naive oblivious obtuse uneducated uninformed
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apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green imbecilic in the dark inexperienced insensible mindless misinformed moronic nescient shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured unenlightened uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unmindful unread unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated experienced intelligent learned taught
WEAK
aware competent knowledgeable literate talented wise
ADJECTIVE
illiterate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant uneducated
WEAK
benighted catachrestic inerudite solecistic unenlightened ungrammatical uninstructed unlearned unread unschooled untaught untutored
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated intelligent
WEAK
able learned literate taught
ADJECTIVE
low-browed
Synonyms
WEAK
ignorant illiterate uncultivated uneducated unlearned unscholarly unschooled unsophisticated untutored
ADJECTIVE
lowbrowed
Synonyms
WEAK
ignorant illiterate uneducated unlearned unread unrefined unschooled unsophisticated untaught untutored
ADJECTIVE
nescient
Synonyms
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated uninstructed unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unmindful unread unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
uncultured
Synonyms
WEAK
boorish coarse crass ignorant philistine rude uncivilized uncouth unpolished unrefined vulgar
Antonyms
WEAK
cultured
ADJECTIVE
uneducated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant illiterate unschooled
WEAK
benighted empty-headed ignoramus inerudite know-nothing lowbrow uncultivated uncultured uninstructed unlearned unread unrefined untaught untutored
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated learned literate
WEAK
intelligent lettered taught
ADJECTIVE
uninstructed
Synonyms
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apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive nescient oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unmindful unread unschooled unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
unscholarly
Synonyms
WEAK
apprenticed benighted birdbrained blind to cretinous dense green illiterate imbecilic in the dark inexperienced innocent insensible mindless misinformed moronic naive nescient oblivious obtuse shallow thick unconscious unconversant uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened uninformed uninitiated unintellectual unknowledgeable unlearned unmindful unread unschooled unstudious unsuspecting untaught untrained unwitting witless
ADJECTIVE
unschooled
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illiterate uneducated
WEAK
green naive uninformed unlearned untaught untrained untutored
Antonyms
STRONGEST
educated learned taught

Example Sentences

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At the remove of 2½ centuries, that concern seems quaint, for today the real question may be whether the country can prosper if its citizens are ignorant and unlettered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Rendered on the page in glyph-laden phonetic spellings that are apt to confound the unlettered, these words take wing when released into sound.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022

In this tribal village, most parents are unlettered and unable to help their young children study at home.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021

In one indelible review, the conservative critic Hilton Kramer lamented the “spectacle of mandarin sensibilities masquerading as unlettered but lyrical stumblebums.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Reality returned in the form of my rough, unlettered, and infinitely more admirable brother.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.