literate

Adjective
  1. Able to read and write (synset 301424475)
  2. Versed in literature;
    Dealing with literature (synset 301423950)
    also:
    • educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
    • sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
    similar to:
    • belletristic - written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content
    • literary - knowledgeable about literature
  3. Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields (synset 300833920)
    "computer literate"
    similar to: educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
Noun
  1. A person who can read and write (synset 110286025)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: literate person

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