6
nonliterate(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
3
illiterate
2
primitive(adjective, crude, barbaric)
1
atavistic(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
austere(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
brutish(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
childlike(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
crude
1
ignorant
1
literate
1
literates
1
naive(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
noncivilised
1
noncivilized
1
rudimentary(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
savage
1
underdeveloped(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
undeveloped(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
undomesticated(adjective, simple, rough, crude, basic)
1
uneducated
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