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NONREADER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonreader mean?
• NONREADER (noun)
The noun NONREADER has 2 senses:
1. a student who is very slow in learning to read
2. a person unable to read
Familiarity information: NONREADER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A student who is very slow in learning to read
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nonreader" is a kind of...):
educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person unable to read
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
illiterate; illiterate person; nonreader
Hypernyms ("nonreader" is a kind of...):
ignoramus; know nothing; uneducated person (an ignorant person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonreader"):
analphabet; analphabetic (an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet)
functional illiterate (a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs)
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