Synonyms of dink

dink

noun

slang

as in nerd

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nerd
• geek
• weenie
• wonk
• dork
• bookworm
• scholar
• genius
• swot
• grind
• intellectual
• highbrow
• brain
• double-dome
• bookman
• techie
• academic
• gearhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slacker
• underachiever
• lowbrow
• goldbrick
• goof-off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dink

At age 69, Lynn Ianni is a pickleball whiz, zipping from dinks to drives energetically. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026

Knowing their dink would be praised. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026

But as defenses have found ways to slow him down and some of the Kansas City QB’s key contributors have moved on or gotten older, the Chiefs offense has transitioned into more of a dink-and-dunk operation. — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025

The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable. — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025