Thesaurus
unlettered
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of UNLETTERED
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books <unlettered moviegoers could scarcely imagine how little resemblance the film bore to the novel on which it was supposedly based>
Synonyms analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored
Related Words functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly
Near Antonyms brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up unlettered? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).