While American methods are often successful, the Japanese educational system that produces the most literate people in the world surely has some lessons to teach the U.S.
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Literate
//ˈlɪtəɹət//
Synonyms for "literate" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
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1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- գրագետ adj (able to read, having literacy)
- գրագետ adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- տառաճանաչ adj (able to read, having literacy)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mütaliəli adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- savadlı adj (able to read, having literacy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- грамотен adj (able to read, having literacy)
Catalan
2 entries- alfabet adj (able to read, having literacy)
- lletrat adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خوێندەوار adj (able to read, having literacy)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 博識 /博识 adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- 有文化的 adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- 識字的 /识字的 adj (able to read, having literacy)
Chukchi
1 entries- кэԓигъюԓетыԓьын adj (able to read, having literacy)
Czech
1 entries- gramotný adj (able to read, having literacy)
Dutch
3 entries- belezen adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- geletterd adj (able to read, having literacy)
- alfabeet noun (one who can read)
Finnish
4 entries- lukenut adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- lukutaitoinen adj (able to read, having literacy)
- oppinut adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- lukutaitoinen noun (one who can read)
French
3 entries- alphabète adj (able to read, having literacy)
- lettré adj (able to read, having literacy)
- lettré adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Georgian
1 entries- წერა-კითხვის მცოდნე adj (able to read, having literacy)
German
4 entries- alphabetisiert adj (able to read, having literacy)
- belesen adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- des Lesens und Schreibens mächtig adj (able to read, having literacy)
- gebildet adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Hindi
3 entries- पढ़ा लिखा adj (able to read, having literacy)
- शिक्षित adj (able to read, having literacy)
- शिक्षित adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Ingrian
1 entries- kirjamees noun (one who can read)
Japanese
2 entries- 博識の adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- 読み書きができる adj (able to read, having literacy)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- окумал adj (able to read, having literacy)
- сабаттуу adj (able to read, having literacy)
Occitan
1 entries- letrat adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Old English
2 entries- stæfwīs adj (able to read, having literacy)
- stæfwīs adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Polish
2 entries- oczytany adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- piśmienny adj (able to read, having literacy)
Portuguese
3 entries- alfabetizado adj (able to read, having literacy)
- letrado adj (able to read, having literacy)
- letrado adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Russian
3 entries- гра́мотный adj (able to read, having literacy)
- начи́танный adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- образо́ванный adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- litearra adj (able to read, having literacy)
- litearra adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- načitan adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- pismen adj (able to read, having literacy)
- učen adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- начитан adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Spanish
4 entries- alfabetizado adj (able to read, having literacy)
- alfabeto adj (able to read, having literacy)
- letrado adj (able to read, having literacy)
- letrado adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
Swedish
4 entries- beläst adj (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
- läs- och skrivkunnig adj (able to read, having literacy)
- läskunnig adj (able to read, having literacy)
- skrivkunnig adj (able to read, having literacy)
Tagalog
1 entries- nulat adj (able to read, having literacy)
Turkish
1 entries- okuryazar adj (able to read, having literacy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гра́мотний adj (able to read, having literacy)
- письме́нний adj (able to read, having literacy)
Welsh
1 entries- llythrennog adj (able to read, having literacy)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
An illiterate man was fair game for the literate exploiters who contributed to his domination.
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Tom is literate.
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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
Source: tatoeba (3087981)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.