WordWeb Online

1. Relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic
    
2. Not alphabetic
   "an analphabetic arrangement of letters"; "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic"
    
3. Having little acquaintance with writing
   "special tutorials to assist the analphabetic sector of society"
   - unlettered

1. An illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
   - analphabet

Derived forms: analphabetics

See also: alphabet, analphabetism, illiterate

Type of: illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader

Antonym: alphabetic

Encyclopedia: Analphabetic