Literate vs. Illiterate

Able to read and write.

Unable to read and write.

Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields.

Having little or no formal education.

Familiar with literature; literary.

Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature

Well-written; polished

Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing

A person who is literate.

Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge

(used with a pl. verb) People who are literate, considered as a group.

A person who is illiterate.

Able to read and write; having literacy.

(used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.

Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.

Unable to read and write.

Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

A person who is able to read and write.

Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

(historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.

One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.

A person ignorant about a given subject.

A literary man.

Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

A person who can read and write

A person unable to read

Able to read and write

Not able to read or write

Able to read and write

Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge;