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as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek
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as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored
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as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me
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Recent Examples of geek
If Substack creators can make a living on affiliate links, why not music geeks?
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The program is designed to follow orders from its user, Julian, a tech geek with a god complex.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
The air is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, and Oscar geeks are analyzing the buzz out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto like tea leaves at the bottom of a mug — that’s right, Oscar season is here.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Refocusing On Long-Term Results As the marketing pendulum inevitably swings from domination by spreadsheet-wielding geeks to marketing by creative brand-builders, companies will realize that they have been overly focused on short-term results.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The program is designed to follow orders from its user, Julian, a tech geek with a god complex.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
The air is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, and Oscar geeks are analyzing the buzz out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto like tea leaves at the bottom of a mug — that’s right, Oscar season is here.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Refocusing On Long-Term Results As the marketing pendulum inevitably swings from domination by spreadsheet-wielding geeks to marketing by creative brand-builders, companies will realize that they have been overly focused on short-term results.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geek
Noun
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Roberts’s pet theory is the Major Questions Doctrine, known to Supreme Court nerds as MQD.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
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Military history nerds will be pleased.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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In DaCosta’s version, Eileen is no longer a boozy male intellectual but a woman fighting to be taken seriously — as a writer, an academic and a person.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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Another factor may be Japan’s demographic shift, experts say.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Philip Mann, an aviation expert and former Federal Aviation Administration training manager, said smaller airports not on the list could also see delays and cancelations.—
Laura Layden,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Media studies scholar Stephen Ponder argues that William McKinley, inaugurated as president in 1897, laid the groundwork for Roosevelt’s later efforts to fully bring the press into the White House.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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And labor scholar Hamilton Nolan reminds us to breathe, and take the (rare) win.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Joining them were a who’s who of rock acts, playing for free, paying homage to the original masters of metal, the likes of Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, and Alice in Chains.—
Stephen Rea,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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For him, that included college and a master’s degree.—
Chris Dovi,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Filming has been ongoing for months in the UK on the Harry Potter series, which will star Dominic McLaughlin as the titular Hogwarts wizard.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Ringbrothers Kingpin was unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show (SEMA) in Las Vegas, which is a haven for aftermarket wizards, tuners, and auto tinkerers of all stripes.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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But if the destination is appealing and the driver adept, the journey is bound to be worth taking.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most claims made by health gurus and social-media influencers are exaggerated.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Elisabeth Moss plays a former sitcom star who, after losing one too many jobs to younger actresses, comes under the sway of a powerful wellness guru (Kate Hudson) but begins to sense something sinister afoot.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Geek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geek. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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