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as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek
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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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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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as in cerebral
much given to learning and thinking
one university campus on which the geeky student will not feel like a social outcast
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Recent Examples of geek
Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Flamboyant theater geek Ezra (Matthew Finlan) makes his shrieks sound especially dramatic.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
While most people just want to start shooting, the geeks also want to dig into the minutia and spend hours debating the merits of one camera versus the other.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
The Great Lost Bear has a back in time feel that would make any older beer geek nostalgic for the microbrewery days of yore.
—Em Sauter, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Tapping into the geek chic aesthetic, the star completed the look with a pair of black trousers held up by red, white and blue suspenders supported by her shoulders.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Flamboyant theater geek Ezra (Matthew Finlan) makes his shrieks sound especially dramatic.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
While most people just want to start shooting, the geeks also want to dig into the minutia and spend hours debating the merits of one camera versus the other.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
The Great Lost Bear has a back in time feel that would make any older beer geek nostalgic for the microbrewery days of yore.
—Em Sauter, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geek
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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
Noun
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This isn't exactly the Cultural Revolution, where Mao Zedong—distrustful of intellectuals and scientists—forced the country's best minds into menial labor.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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During the dispute over Babri Masjid, Ashis Nandy, a prominent Indian intellectual, began a series of interviews with R.S.S. members.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Reality does not meet the hype, according to one expert.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Before the move to Philadelphia, FAA experts downplayed safety concerns, concluding the odds of a dangerous communications breakdown were extremely unlikely: 1 in 11 million, according to an internal report obtained by CNN.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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This is a person who was an extremely cerebral human being.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The humor was of the cerebral, physical, cynical and quite often gallows varieties, but always heartfelt.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Immigration authorities released visiting Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
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Wednesday's court hearing was attended by dozens of people, including the scholar's family members, friends and colleagues at Georgetown and advocates.—
Soo Rin Kim,
ABC News,
14 May 2025
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Every art lover must visit The Louvre at least once in their lifetime not just to see Leonardo’s incredible Mona Lisa and the famous Venus de Milo but for the quieter galleries too in the Richelieu wing with works by masters like Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Get The Recipe 02 of 10 Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake Some of Grandma’s recipes take a practiced hand in the kitchen to master, but old-school dump cake recipes are literally foolproof.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
19 May 2025
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The wizard with the task of pulling this off indoors is Al Zaabi.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Sophie sets out to find a way of lifting the curse and goes to the wizard Howl's castle.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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Slot shares this staple of Tottenham counterpart Ange Postecoglou’s attacking principles, with Porro adept at tucking inside to disrupt the opposition shape.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The result is that just these English words, representing just this original document, make for a new and somewhat undiscovered book, even to Marxist adepts.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Geek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geek. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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