as in intellectual
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 geeky
That Urban is the lead of two of the biggest titles in geeky pop culture in the same month is a result of scheduling happensance—Mortal Kombat II was originally supposed to come out last year.
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James Grebey, Time, 8 May 2026
How else to explain the huge A-list turnout for the Breakthrough Prize, the unabashedly geeky awards show held every spring at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar?
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
That is unsurprising, because David Byrne’s infinitely curious collection of geeky grey matter is quite unlike that of most unapproachable rock stars.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Ruffalo played Matt, her geeky best friend and eventual love interest, and Greer played Lucy, Jenna’s lifelong frenemy.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
With a sharp feel for political arithmetic and a slightly geeky approach to strategy, Hill-Lewis has cultivated constructive relationships with key figures in the ANC leadership, helped along by a personable, pragmatic style that plays well across party lines.
—Sam Mkokeli, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
My spreadsheet used standard deviation, a geeky measurement, to learn that California’s confidence index is 53% more volatile than the national benchmark.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
An obscure and slightly geeky type of energy is integral to the state's plan for addressing the looming energy crisis.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
James Grebey, Time, 8 May 2026
How else to explain the huge A-list turnout for the Breakthrough Prize, the unabashedly geeky awards show held every spring at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar?
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
That is unsurprising, because David Byrne’s infinitely curious collection of geeky grey matter is quite unlike that of most unapproachable rock stars.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Ruffalo played Matt, her geeky best friend and eventual love interest, and Greer played Lucy, Jenna’s lifelong frenemy.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
With a sharp feel for political arithmetic and a slightly geeky approach to strategy, Hill-Lewis has cultivated constructive relationships with key figures in the ANC leadership, helped along by a personable, pragmatic style that plays well across party lines.
—Sam Mkokeli, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
My spreadsheet used standard deviation, a geeky measurement, to learn that California’s confidence index is 53% more volatile than the national benchmark.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
An obscure and slightly geeky type of energy is integral to the state's plan for addressing the looming energy crisis.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geeky
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Yet as time and intellectual capacity move forward, Angie begins to act more independently.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Build a culture of intellectual accountability in which employees are expected to interrogate AI output rather than relay it.—
Chris Rosenberg,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The cerebral circuitry of the human brain—specifically the salience network, which is responsible for filtering stimuli—seems to be more active in individuals with misophonia.—
Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Your 10th House of Career is activated by cerebral Mercury, while your 5th House of Creativity reshaped by powerful Pluto, so roles and play need rebalancing.—
PubSubHub User,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2026
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Though they’re meant to have graduated from UPenn and UMich, the characters in Not Suitable for Work could easily have gone to the fictional Essex College of The Sex Lives of College Girls and before that hung out with the nerdy teens of Never Have I Ever in high school.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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There’s also Margo’s roommate Susie (Thaddea Graham), a delightfully nerdy cosplayer who turns out to be the most steadfast support-giver in Margo’s life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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