BLUESTOCKING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bluestocking

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as in intellectual

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Recent Examples of bluestocking The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023 One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador. — David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left. — Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020

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This tradition of forceful anti-American sentiment among European intellectuals went into steep decline after the abrupt end of the Cold War in the late Eighties.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Katherine Kelaidis argues that figures such as Heather Cox Richardson, Jill Lepore, Joanne Freeman, Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Kevin Kruse have become a new class of liberal public intellectuals, translating the past into political commentary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of intellectual

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Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Richie Grainge herself has evolved her stylistic approach from an ostentatious Los Angeleno verve into a look that’s more low-key highbrow.

— Nick Remsen, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024

Definition of highbrow

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Tatum repainted the Ferrari dark blue, to match his 250 GTO, and campaigned it in SCCA events up and down the East Coast.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 July 2026
At a macro level, Wahl said the varsity heritage trend remains strong, which is rooted in primary colors blues, greens, reds and yellows.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 July 2026

Definition of blue

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That’s what has kept it from thriving in South Florida for decades, despite early efforts by pioneering plant nerds.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
At first, these data would be cryptic—who besides the biggest air-pollution nerd would know the difference between 35 μg/m3 of particulate matter (yellow-level risk, per the AQI) and 60 μg/m3 (red-level risk)?

— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

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