BLUESTOCKING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bluestocking

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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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Most of the leading liberal intellectuals of the day—Lionel Trilling, George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, the columnist James Wechsler, and above all Reinhold Niebuhr—did too.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 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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Schedule nerds may be interested that American offered 28 and 27 flights to Kansas City on July 9 and 10, with 373 and 372 flights to its Miami hub on the same two days.

— Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The supermodel was one of the most surprising people to make the guest list, causing pandemonium amongst Swifties and pop culture nerds alike when she was photographed heading to the wedding in a gorgeous gold silk gown (what a gold rush).

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026

Definition of nerd

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The weekend-afternoon sales events became a phenomenon, drawing crowds to marvel at his wide-ranging tastes — not just hardcore music geeks or bibliophiles, but appreciators of New York cultural lore.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
By now, however, most know him as the lovable, cello-playing geek Leonard Hofstadter who married the pretty blonde waitress.

— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026

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