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
While Shaffer's story will likely feel cozy and familiar to bookworms, fellow Kentuckians will find a few delightful Bluegrass pearls hidden within the pages.
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The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
But true bookworms quit books so often that there’s lingo for it in the book world: DNF, for Do Not Finish or Did Not Finish.
—Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025
The noted bookworm recently launched a new publishing initiative of her own.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
The crew at Parnassus Books assembled an exhaustive holiday catalogue with gift ideas for bookworms of all types.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
But true bookworms quit books so often that there’s lingo for it in the book world: DNF, for Do Not Finish or Did Not Finish.
—Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025
The noted bookworm recently launched a new publishing initiative of her own.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
The crew at Parnassus Books assembled an exhaustive holiday catalogue with gift ideas for bookworms of all types.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for bookworm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookworm
Noun
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Luck is the scion of the football program, a lovable nerd who happened to be the best quarterback in football, aka the perfect Stanford athletics niche: smart and good.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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This is also a great game for nerd families to get together and play for an adventure or two after dinner but before bed.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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There’s a noticeable pride Morot takes in touring me around his geek’s paradise: a two-level office crammed with shelves of scowling latex heads, furry creatures and a pair of giant gators overlooking it all.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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There were kind of two tracks at the time: There was Das Keyboard, aimed toward the more professional programmers and the geeks, and then the gaming keyboards.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
10 May 2025
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“Bookworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookworm. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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