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
These shy, geeky songs grope toward feelings that their human vessels don’t fully comprehend.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
There’s also bocce, bingo, and something called Nerd Nite, when folks give presentations on geeky topics from chemistry to Star Trek.
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Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
9 June 2026
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?
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Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
That is unsurprising, because David Byrne’s infinitely curious collection of geeky grey matter is quite unlike that of most unapproachable rock stars.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
30 Dec. 2025
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
There’s also bocce, bingo, and something called Nerd Nite, when folks give presentations on geeky topics from chemistry to Star Trek.
—
Charles Usher,
Midwest Living,
9 June 2026
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.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geeky
Adjective
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The economy was shifting from industrial to intellectual — knowledge workers wanted meaning, autonomy, and vision.
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Over time, some worry, the next generation of mathematicians may suffer from a form of intellectual atrophy, unable to think outside the AI box that trained them.
Adjective
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Your 5th House of Creativity takes center stage as the instinctive Moon squares cerebral Mercury in your 2nd House of Money and Values.
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By age 18, Davis’s parents had both died within 11 months of each other — his mother, Florence, of a cerebral hemorrhage, his father, Herman, of a heart attack.
Adjective
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Adding to her disorientation is Kenny, the nerdy boy next door who’s now a single father and beloved member of the community.
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If this was a school, Lestat is the big man on campus and Daniel is the nerdy guy working for the school newspaper who can’t wait to find some dirt on this guy.
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