1. Able to read and write
   "The literacy program helped many adults become literate"
    
2. Versed in literature; dealing with literature
   "The literate audience appreciated the subtle literary references in the play"
    
3. Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
   "computer literate"

1. A person who can read and write
   "The literacy program aimed to increase the number of literates in the community";
   - literate person

Derived forms: literates

See also: belletristic, educated, literary, sophisticated

Type of: actor, doer, worker

Antonym: illiterate

Encyclopedia: Literate