Ignorant
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. Ill-mannered, crude.
Example sentence: Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Illiterate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Unable to read and write.Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an illiterate person, one not able to read.
Example sentence: I have long since passed that period when I felt personal discomfort at the sight of an ill-dressed or illiterate Negro. Social awareness has taught me where to lay the blame.