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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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Recent Examples of nerd
For most of us who aren’t NASA nerds, this is all Greek.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Coach Ludwig, thank you for turning me into a football nerd and showing me the correct way to respect the game.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
And where there are true crime nerds, there might just be money.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 May 2025
Art history nerds will want to be sure to stop in for a look at one of Pieter Bruegel’s The Tower of Babel (1568) paintings.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Coach Ludwig, thank you for turning me into a football nerd and showing me the correct way to respect the game.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
And where there are true crime nerds, there might just be money.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 May 2025
Art history nerds will want to be sure to stop in for a look at one of Pieter Bruegel’s The Tower of Babel (1568) paintings.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
Noun
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Owner David Rubenstein needs to get rid of Elias (maybe Cal Ripken Jr. would agree to the job) and get baseball people instead of computer geeks to run the team.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Jon Cherry/Getty Images For years, crypto was viewed by many as a weird and fringe investment, hyped up by a bunch of math geeks and used widely by all kinds of unsavory characters, from drug dealers to hackers.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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The city has long attracted artists, writers, and intellectuals, and a cerebral, film-noir-like vibe still pervades, especially in the city center.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2025
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Highland Beach quickly became a magnet for prominent Black intellectuals, including Paul Robeson, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois.—
Mariette Williams,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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