Home › Words › Q › quasiliteracyquasiliteracyquasiliteracy means the state of being almost, but not entirely literate.EtymologyFrom quasi- + literacy.nounThe state of being almost, but not entirely literate.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.quasiliterate 92% match — Almost, but not entirely literate. vs quasiliteracy →semiliteracy 79% match — The state of not being fully literate, or having an imperfect grasp of the written language. vs quasiliteracy →semiliterate 73% match — Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language. vs quasiliteracy →nonilliterate 63% match — Not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy. vs quasiliteracy →quasiessential 60% match — Almost essential. vs quasiliteracy →sesquilingualism 60% match — The condition of being sesquilingual; the ability to speak one language fluently, and a second language only to a limited extent. vs quasiliteracy →aliteracy 59% match — The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so. vs quasiliteracy →literatesqueness 58% match — The quality of being literatesque. vs quasiliteracy →