1
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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Recent Examples of nerd
And the pop culture nerds here at Them have been hit especially hard by these losses over the years.
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Tape nerds will note that Dončić also made six 2s from the left side of the free-throw area.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But then comes Pavia and his overperforming ‘Dores, the lackluster seasons and nerd-school jokes that gave way to FirstBank Stadium sell-outs and Heisman trophy campaigns.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Once the territory of grandfathers and sitcom nerds, sweater vests have had a resurgence over the last decade.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Tape nerds will note that Dončić also made six 2s from the left side of the free-throw area.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But then comes Pavia and his overperforming ‘Dores, the lackluster seasons and nerd-school jokes that gave way to FirstBank Stadium sell-outs and Heisman trophy campaigns.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Once the territory of grandfathers and sitcom nerds, sweater vests have had a resurgence over the last decade.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
Noun
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Suing public universities over athletic department records isn’t just the province of journalists and First Amendment geeks anymore.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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This is Disneyland for a certain type of poetry geek.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In DaCosta’s version, Eileen is no longer a boozy male intellectual but a woman fighting to be taken seriously — as a writer, an academic and a person.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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