geek

geek

noun \ˈgēk\

Definition of GEEK

1

: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake

2

: a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked

3

: an enthusiast or expert especially in a technological field or activity <computer geek>

— geek·dom \ˈgēk-dəm\ noun

— geek·i·ness noun

— geeky \ˈgē-kē\ adjective

Examples of GEEK

1. He was a real geek in high school.
2. <was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek>

Origin of GEEK

probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German

First Known Use: 1914

Related to GEEK

Synonyms

bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], nerd, grind, swot [British], weenie, wonk

Antonyms

anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

Related Words

double-dome, egghead, highbrow, intellectual; brain, genius; academic, bookman, scholar; gearhead, techie

Near Antonyms

goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever; lowbrow

Rhymes with GEEK

beak, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, creek, Creek, eke, flic, freak, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week