swot

¹swot

noun \ˈswät\

Definition of SWOT

British

: grind 2b

Examples of SWOT

1. <every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot>

Origin of SWOT

English dialect, sweat, from Middle English swot, from Old English swāt — more at sweat

First Known Use: 1850

Related to SWOT

Synonyms: bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, nerd [British], weenie, wonk

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

Near Antonyms: goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever; lowbrow

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Rhymes with SWOT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht