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
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?
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
That is unsurprising, because David Byrne’s infinitely curious collection of geeky grey matter is quite unlike that of most unapproachable rock stars.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Ruffalo played Matt, her geeky best friend and eventual love interest, and Greer played Lucy, Jenna’s lifelong frenemy.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
With a sharp feel for political arithmetic and a slightly geeky approach to strategy, Hill-Lewis has cultivated constructive relationships with key figures in the ANC leadership, helped along by a personable, pragmatic style that plays well across party lines.
—Sam Mkokeli, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
My spreadsheet used standard deviation, a geeky measurement, to learn that California’s confidence index is 53% more volatile than the national benchmark.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
An obscure and slightly geeky type of energy is integral to the state's plan for addressing the looming energy crisis.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 4 Nov. 2025
So many showgoers opted for the geeky-chic print during Fashion Month, and every brand from Zara to Miu Miu currently offers its own take.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Tapping celebrity guests like A$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
So many showgoers opted for the geeky-chic print during Fashion Month, and every brand from Zara to Miu Miu currently offers its own take.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geeky
Adjective
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This is where Fauci’s lack of analysis, intellectual curiosity, and humility becomes more obvious and infuriating.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The juxtapositions of text and image, which strongly suggest the widening distance between mother and daughter, build in emotional and intellectual power over the film’s ninety-minute duration.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, other indie auteurs, from Alex Garland to David Lowery, have worked with studios like A24 and Neon to repeatedly deliver punishing films that position cerebral complexity as an event worth visiting theaters to witness.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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Tverskov is the cerebral metronome of Varas’ possession system.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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But Tesla Isn’t Detroit California has always had plenty of nerdy green-leaning buyers.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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First, Gibson is a self-confident if nerdy music therapist — and a wannabe pop composer — as George.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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