analphabet /əˈnælfəbɛt/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.And of the Mohammedan population nearly all the women are analphabet. — 1908 noun1 •A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read. — 1896 formsanalphabets · more analphabet · most analphabet