Tech-literate

Able to understand and use common technologies with informed confidence.

Reach for it when praising functional knowledge that includes judgment, not merely device access

Tech-literate volunteers recognized the fake login page before entering any details.

• everyday

  computer-literate

  when competent use of computers is the exact scope

  not when Computer-literate may exclude phones, networks, and newer connected tools.

• warm

  comfortable with technology

  when ease and willingness are enough for the audience

  not when Comfort does not prove accurate understanding or safe practice.

• professional

  digitally capable

  when reliable task completion is the evidence

  not when Capability can be narrow and says less about critical judgment.

• professional

  digitally literate

  when safe, critical participation online is the broader skill

  not when Digital literacy can include media evaluation beyond practical technology use.

• formal

  technically informed

  when understanding principles matters more than operating skill

  not when Someone informed about technology may still struggle to use it.

• tech-illiterate
• uninformed
• digitally excluded

• tech-literate workforce

  A tech-literate workforce questioned the vendor's security assumptions.

• tech-literate consumer

  The tech-literate consumer checked how long the device would receive updates.

• become tech-literate

  Residents can become tech-literate through patient, hands-on practice.

Tech-literate is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for computer-literate, and the definition and example here are written for Tech-literate itself.

• Wiktionary, the entry for computer-literate, English adjective sense: able to use computers competently ↗opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.