'Literate' definitions:
Definition of 'literate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Able to read and write [ant: illiterate]
adjective
Versed in literature; dealing with literature [ant: illiterate]
adjective
Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate"
noun
A person who can read and write [syn: literate, literate person]
Definition of 'Literate'
From: GCIDE
- Literate \Lit"er*ate\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]t), a. [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.] Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered. [1913 Webster]
- The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Literate'
From: GCIDE
- Literate \Lit"er*ate\, n.
- 1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A literary man. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'literate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- Brahmin,
- brainworker,
- civilized,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- deep,
- educated,
- egghead,
- encyclopedic,
- erudite,
- highbrow,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- intellectualist,
- learned,
- lettered,
- mandarin,
- pansophic,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath,
- polymathic,
- profound,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- studious,
- thinker,
- white-collar intellectual,
- wise,
- wise man