geek

noun

ˈgēk How to pronounce geek (audio)
Definition of geeknext
1
as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek

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2
as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored

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3
as in expert
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me

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Recent Examples of geek In interviews back then, Musk comes off as awkward, a geek in pleated khakis with a receding hairline and uneven teeth. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026 By default, these devices mark the wearer not only as a geek, but as a try-hard and an egoist. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 There’s a whole world of lagers out there that would make even the snobbiest beer geek do a double take—beers that have nothing in common with the watery brews that once defined the style for so many Americans. — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Hannigan first hit the cultural zeitgeist as teen witch Willow Rosenberg on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but along the way found particular notoriety as the surprisingly promiscuous band geek Michelle in American Pie (1999). — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for geek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geek
  1. nerd
  2. intellectual
  3. expert
  4. scholar
  5. master
  6. wizard
  7. adept
  8. guru
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  • The problem is when the self-importance of festival political activism crosses wires with these horror nerds.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Ilya is looking for work as an assistant, and the professor, with his dandyish nerd arrogance, tells him to look at a paper he’s written and come back in a few days.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerd
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  • The public intellectual of the future won’t be wearing tweed or a button-down collar—the new uniform involves a coach’s headset, or the pancake makeup from the greenroom of some sports network.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The initial wave of departures was made up of African American intellectuals, church leaders and merchants.
    — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of intellectual
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  • In 2008, in Texas, geologist and Petrohawk Energy cofounder Dick Stoneburner—a great name for a shale rock expert—helped pioneer drilling and fracking and led the discovery of the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom in South Texas.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The Challenges Creating a compelling reason to visit a convenience store is a big challenge for small-format outlets in India, experts said.
    — Priyanka Salve,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of expert
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  • But many scholars, and the justices themselves, argue that public perception is not matched by reality.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Chinese scholars and officials regularly call for improving the benefits provided to rural residents as a means to stimulate domestic demand.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Zhang plays optimistic puzzle master Florence, and Sula is Conrad’s estranged daughter and criminal psychologist Astrid.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Ted was accepted into a master’s program in data science at Columbia, but her own acceptance was at UC Berkeley.
    — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • While Star Wars might be known for laser swords and space wizards, it's always been about weird little dudes doing even weirder things.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • View gallery - 3 images There was a time when intelligent rings were what your level-three wizard wore in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of wizard
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  • Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Lest things get predictable, Tasjan’s adept at letting the music battle with the lyrics in a way that hints at how any experience is far more complex than we are led to believe.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
Definition of adept
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  • Dean Martin’s classic Stutz bore the license plate DRUNKY, and early fitness guru Jack LaLanne put REDUCE on his Cadillac’s bumpers.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For the occasion Rossi, who launched his brand after years of studying shoemaking under his footwear-guru father Sergio, has retraced the trajectory of his creative process and grouped his designs in a photographic tome published by Rizzoli.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
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“Geek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geek. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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