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
Expedition-style nerd cruises Expedition cruises are, by nature, educational.
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025
Cap nerds will also rejoice in the detail that Phoenix missing the playoffs was the only thing that made this trade possible.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 June 2025
There's Pink Ladies, there's T-Birds, there's jocks, there's nerds.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
Bike nerds who are fans of data will dig the ELEMNT Bolt V2.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 8 July 2025
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025
Cap nerds will also rejoice in the detail that Phoenix missing the playoffs was the only thing that made this trade possible.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 June 2025
There's Pink Ladies, there's T-Birds, there's jocks, there's nerds.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
Bike nerds who are fans of data will dig the ELEMNT Bolt V2.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
Noun
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For the theater geeks, watch experimental shows at the Fringe Festival.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Some questions are for casual fans; others are strictly for the hardcore geeks.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2025
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Call a word a bomb and you out yourself as a Western intellectual, more afraid of an idea than of an MK-84.—
Emily Van Duyne
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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The term evolved over the course of centuries, describing struggling artists, creatives and intellectuals in 19th-century France.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
22 July 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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