nerd

nerd

noun

Definition of NERD

1

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library>

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 <an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen>

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