Usually means: Able to read but poorly.
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  1. semiliterate: Merriam-Webster
  2. semiliterate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. semiliterate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. semiliterate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. semiliterate: Vocabulary.com
  6. semiliterate: Wordnik
  7. semiliterate: Wiktionary
  8. semiliterate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. semiliterate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. semiliterate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. semiliterate: Dictionary.com
  12. semiliterate: Rhymezone
  13. semiliterate: FreeDictionary.org
  14. semiliterate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. semiliterate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (semiliterate)

▸ adjective:  Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.
▸ noun:  A person who is semiliterate.

Similar:
illiterate, educated, nonilliterate, quasiliterate, nonliterate, unliterate, aliterate, unlettered, ungrammared, semieducated, more...

Opposite:
literate, educated, knowledgeable, well-read

Types:
uneducated, ignorant, illiterate, dumb, stupid, idiotic, brainless, slow, more...

Adjectives:
only, best, illiterate, literate, more

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Similar:
illiterate, educated, nonilliterate, quasiliterate, nonliterate, unliterate, aliterate, unlettered, ungrammared, semieducated, more...

Opposite:
literate, educated, knowledgeable, well-read

Types:
uneducated, ignorant, illiterate, dumb, stupid, idiotic, brainless, slow, more...

Adjectives:
only, best, illiterate, literate, more



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