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LITERATE PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A person who can read and write

Synonyms:

literate; literate person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("literate person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "literate person"):

alphabetiser; alphabetizer (a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order)

reader (a person who can read; a literate person)

writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)

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