| 1. | able to read and write. |
| 2. | having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read. |
| 3. | characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like: His writing is literate but cold and clinical. |
| 4. | having knowledge or skill in a specified field: literate in computer usage. |
| 5. | having an education; educated. |
| 6. | a person who can read and write. |
| 7. | a learned person. |