Literate

What do we mean by literate?

Able to read and write. adjective

Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields. adjective

Familiar with literature; literary. adjective

Well-written; polished. adjective

A person who is literate. noun

People who are literate, considered as a group. noun

One who can read and write: opposed to illiterate. noun

Having a knowledge of letters; possessing education; instructed: opposed to illiterate.

Of or pertaining to letters; learned; literary.

Marked with short, angulated lines resembling letters: applied to the surfaces of shells and insects.

A man of letters; a learned or literary man. noun

An educated man who has not taken a university degree; especially, a candidate for holy orders who has not been educated at a university. noun

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

A literary man. noun

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

Able to read and write; having literacy. adjective

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

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

A person who is able to read and write noun

A person who is able to read and write.

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

In real life-- Able to read and write. In roleplaying-- A good roleplayer. Specifically, a literate roleplayer does not use chatspeak, spells word correctly, and has proper usage and grammar. Literates are less likely to be desperates or n00bs and generally roleplays well. If you see a thread with "LITERATE ROLEPLAY/LITERATES ONLY" in the subject line, it means they only accept people who have good grammar. Urban Dictionary

1) A person possessing reading and writing skills that remain acceptable by the standards of the English language. 2) A member belonging to the nearly unknown society of persons able to string a sentence together without the addition of such terms including ur, hott, omg, lolz, wft, and so forth... Urban Dictionary

Who fucking knows anymore? First, it meant factual, and now it means fictional. What the fuck, internet... what the fuck? Urban Dictionary

A word with no meaning in today's USA. Urban Dictionary

Used to describe something that actually happens or exists. One of the most overused words in modern society. Not to be confused with figuratively, as this is the complete opposite. Urban Dictionary

A good way to show that you are a total drama queen twit is to use the term 'literally' to describe every mundane thing that you do in life Urban Dictionary

Actually; in fact; without exaggeration. The single most overused and incorrectly used word in the English language. Urban Dictionary

When you are literal and therefore gullible. Urban Dictionary

Exactly. A replacement for the often erroneously used “literally.” Urban Dictionary

The feeling of wanting to litter or throw fruits off of buildings. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to literate:
literate, iterate, liberate, literage, literati, aliterate, liturate, literato, reiterate, literature, literal, obliterate, literacy, literary, illiterate, titrate, litigate, nitrate, lacerate, citrate, litate, alliterate, liberace, laterite, literatim, librate, latrate, lineate, mitrate, literalty, lituate, littermate, literator, bitrate, literatus, siderate, lifemate, litera, literates, literatur, bit rate, biternate, literals, lithate, laterale, liberati, liberare, hit rate, liberte, lithiate, liberase, liberale, liberato, literose, biliterate, life rate, line rate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word literate:
illiterate, illiteracy, literacy, wards, scribes, negligible, aged, kannada, fraction, read, alphabet, schooling, cultures, peasants, educated, excluded, oral, rate, population, cent, civilization, skilled, write, male, programming, script, hindu, spoken, elite, hindi, age, arabic, zone, libraries, primary, language, secondary, female, adults, percent, ratio, reading, slave, slaves, percentage, languages, lyrics, children, speak, bible, teach, education, culture, agriculture, understand.

Words that rhyme with literate:
illiterate, functionally illiterate, bitter it, embitter it, fritter it, litter it, transmitter it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe literate:
new, least, newly, pre, more, non, illiterate, modern, total, female, male, very, young, percent, most, semi, chinese, german, oral, african, highly, individual, entire, average, reputed, urban, sole, rural.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective literate:
people, societies, society, population, person, culture, women, man, persons, cultures, men, public, class, adults, peoples, classes, elite, audience, members, world, citizens, tradition, workers, practices, community, individuals, group, males, groups, americans, woman, readers, communities, environment, students, freelancers, reader, language, children, females, citizenry, force, nation, ones, minority, traditions, populations, student, civilization, subjects, skills, member, speakers, farmers, africans, adult, populace, civilizations, parents, masses, discourse, individual, style, behavior, citizen, mind, country, workforce, practice, peasants, elites, programming, slaves, chinese, families, blacks, users, audiences, english, american, laity, leaders, generation, poet, respondents, electorate, villagers, continuum, youth, behaviors, lives.

Consonant match to literate:
letter it, lighter it, litter it.

Words that sound like literate:
literate, liturate, illiterate, alliterate, aliterate, litterateur, litera, literates, littre, laterite, littera, lettre, letter a, letra, lettera, light red, lit crit, lerot, literal, littered, literati, littoral, lutra, littery, littrell, litro, literator, littermate, litate, littering, lettered, lorette, laurette, let out, luttrell, latria, lazarette, lustrate, latro, litter, lottery, literature, literally, lateral, literacy, lighted, lightweight, lated, looted, lira, lurid, lire, liturgy, litters, litterature, lidded, lotteries, loitered, light out, litterer, lotted, illiterates, litote, luted, literatur, elytra, litta, literately, lateran, laurate, hutterite, lake trout, flat rate, latry, light-weight, light ray, litoral, larid, low rate, liras, alliterates, lazurite, lyrate, chytrid, light weight, light rays, lorid, lotterie, ladra, latered, literals, lotro, laterad, lite brite, literatus, lytta, leatherette, ladette, ledet, ledit.