BLUESTOCKING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bluestocking

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Definition of bluestocking

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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For some Muslim intellectuals and travelers, Japan’s modernization and its victory over Russia was proof that Asian nations need not be subservient to Europe or abandon their own cultural traditions.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Born in the Soviet Union in 1974, Beloozerov was raised by his mother Lena and stepfather Nikolai Beloozerov, a Soviet dissident and a mathematician, among a community of intellectuals in southwestern Moscow.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of intellectual

Noun

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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The logo pairs yellow, drawn from colors associated with celebration in Tamil Nadu including turmeric and marigold, with electric blue for a contemporary, premium look.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Expect a calm palette of neutrals and soft blues, metallic accents, and plenty of natural light, with views either west toward the mountains and desert or north up the Strip.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of blue

Noun

Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
The 1% who are the Uber early geek adopters can go in the user settings and switch it back to sats and view it in sats.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of geek

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