'Literacy' definitions:
Definition of 'literacy'
(from WordNet)
noun
The ability to read and write [ant: analphabetism, illiteracy]
Definition of 'Literacy'
From: GCIDE
- Literacy \Lit"er*a*cy\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[.a]*s[y^]), n. State of being literate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'literacy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bibliolatry,
- bibliomania,
- bluestockingism,
- book learning,
- book madness,
- bookiness,
- bookishness,
- booklore,
- classical scholarship,
- classicism,
- culture,
- donnishness,
- eruditeness,
- erudition,
- humanism,
- humanistic scholarship,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- learnedness,
- letters,
- pedantism,
- pedantry,
- reading,
- scholarship