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Definition of GEEK

1

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek>

Synonyms bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, swot [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

2

a person with strong intellectual interests <a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored>

Synonyms double-dome, egghead, geek, highbrow, intellectualist, longhair, nerd

Related Words blue, bluestocking; Brahmin, mandarin, sage; intellectualizer, pseud [British]; brain, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard

Near Antonyms blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, half-wit, imbecile, moron, nitwit, pinhead, simpleton

Antonyms anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

3

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>

Synonyms ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), dab [chiefly British], dab hand [chiefly British], fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard

Related Words pro, professional; consultant, hired gun, specialist; addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan; craftsman, journeyman; all-rounder [British], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man; mistress

Near Antonyms apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice; dabbler, dilettante; layman, nonprofessional

Antonyms amateur, inexpert, nonexpert