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nerd

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nerd

1 a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library

Synonyms of nerd

bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, swot [British], weenie, wonk

Words Related to nerd

double-dome, egghead, highbrow, intellectual

academic, bookman, scholar

gearhead, techie

Near Antonyms of nerd

goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever

2 a person with strong intellectual interests

an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen

Synonyms of nerd

double-dome, egghead, geek, highbrow, intellectual, intellectualist, longhair

Words Related to nerd

blue, bluestocking

Brahmin, mandarin, sage

intellectualizer, pseud [British]

brain, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard

Near Antonyms of nerd

blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, half-wit, imbecile, moron, nitwit, pinhead, simpleton

Antonyms of nerd

anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

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