| Main Entry: | illiterate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to read well; lacking education |
Synonyms: |
benighted, catachrestic, ignorant, inerudite, solecistic, uneducated, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored |
Antonyms: |
able, educated, learned, literate, taught |
| Main Entry: | lowbrowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncultivated, vulgar |
Synonyms: |
ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, unschooled, unsophisticated, untaught, untutored |
| Main Entry: | primitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barbaric, crude |
Synonyms: |
animal, atavistic, austere, barbarian, barbarous, brutish, childlike, fierce, ignorant, naive, natural, nonliterate, preliterate, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undomesticated, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, untutored, vestigial, wild |
Antonyms: |
cultured, modern, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
Synonyms: |
bearish, bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brief, brusque, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, cruel, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, extreme, gross*, hairy*, hard, harsh, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, mean, nasty, raw, rowdy, severe, sharp, short, tough, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, untutored, violent, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
courteous, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | simpleminded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
brainless, childlike, clueless, crude, dumb, feeble-minded, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, slow, stupid, uncomplicated, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly |
| Main Entry: | uneducated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking knowledge |
Synonyms: |
benighted, empty-headed, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, inerudite, know-nothing, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, unschooled, untaught, untutored |
Antonyms: |
educated, intelligent, learned, lettered, taught |
| Main Entry: | unsophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | natural, simple |
Synonyms: |
artless, authentic, bush-league, callow, childlike, clean, cornball, corny*, crude, folksy, genuine, green*, guileless, homey, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, kid*, naive, plain, pure, raw, rookie, straightforward, unadulterated, unaffected, unartificial, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unrefined, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, upper-class, worldly |
| Main Entry: | low-browed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintellectual |
Synonyms: |
ignorant, illiterate, uncultivated, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly, unschooled, unsophisticated, untutored |
| Main Entry: | unlearned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
Synonyms: |
backward, illiterate, instinctive, natural, uncivilized, uneducated, unscholarly, unschooled, untaught, untutored, unversed |
Antonyms: |
learned |
| Main Entry: | unschooled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ignorant |
Synonyms: |
green, illiterate, naive, uneducated, uninformed, unlearned, unlettered, untaught, untrained, untutored |
Antonyms: |
educated, learned |