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as in geek
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library
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as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs exec.
—Peter White, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Between the visual redesign and some exciting pro features, there's something for everyone in MacOS 26 Tahoe, including one that Mac nerds will absolutely love.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 11 June 2025
Write Human-Centered Content With SEO Precision The keys are to write like a human and optimize like a nerd.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
Noun
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This hyper-personalized approach to teaching is a tennis geek’s dream.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Desperate to return to his own era to help save his kin, Rex must team up with a gang of nerds, freaks and geeks to go back 65 million years in time.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Public intellectuals do not care to untangle the fall.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Poets, musicians, scientists, and other artists and intellectuals would discuss their ideas about societal transformation.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
27 June 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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