as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity
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Recent Examples of bookworm
Parque de El Retiro is the city’s breathing room, where mornings belong to joggers and tai chi practitioners; afternoons to bookworms and guitar players.
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AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025
For the pop star turned bookworm, travel really is all about the journey.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 12 of 15 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl
Precocious bookworms everywhere found a kindred spirit in Matilda, a little girl with neglectful parents and a loving teacher who takes on a terrorizing headmistress with her special powers.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
At the time, Graber identified less as a computer kid than as a bookworm, reading stories of scientific and mathematical discovery.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025
For the pop star turned bookworm, travel really is all about the journey.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Buy Now 12 of 15 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl
Precocious bookworms everywhere found a kindred spirit in Matilda, a little girl with neglectful parents and a loving teacher who takes on a terrorizing headmistress with her special powers.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
At the time, Graber identified less as a computer kid than as a bookworm, reading stories of scientific and mathematical discovery.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookworm
Noun
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As a film nerd with a 37-inch vertical, Nique Clifford only borrows from the best.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 June 2025
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Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Desperate to return to his own era to help save his kin, Rex must team up with a gang of nerds, freaks and geeks to go back 65 million years in time.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Cynthia Erivo sang-hosted the June 8 ceremony from Radio City Music Hall, making several dreams come true for a room full of theater geeks.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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“Bookworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookworm. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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