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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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as in cerebral
much given to learning and thinking
a fringe party of nerdy political activists who have no chance of getting elected
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Recent Examples of nerd
Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The original Gehry house: Architecture nerds know it.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The movie asks an important question: what if nerds were horny enough to create a supermodel?
—Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
And finally, history nerds such as myself will probably think our new galleries featuring some of The Courier Journal's oldest photos from around Louisville are pretty cool.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 July 2025
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Noun
Hardcore mythology nerds know where each of these characters held dominion.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The original Gehry house: Architecture nerds know it.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The movie asks an important question: what if nerds were horny enough to create a supermodel?
—Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
And finally, history nerds such as myself will probably think our new galleries featuring some of The Courier Journal's oldest photos from around Louisville are pretty cool.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
Noun
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Think Chicago Auto Show but for NASCAR devotees and all kinds of car geeks.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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The upcoming Alien television series crash landed into Comic-Con with a blockbuster Hall H panel that got thousands of geeks sitting on the edge of their seats to an encroaching otherworldly horror.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Just a year ago, some American intellectuals and policymakers hoped that this system could survive into the indefinite future, so that unilateral U.S. coercive strength and liberal values would continue to go hand in hand.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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From the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival to the Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival and everything in between, Black intellectuals are coming together to share notes and swap contacts to forge new relationships and invest in each other.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This bodily dissonance is another way Alien: Earth remixes a core franchise theme, but the exercise remains largely cerebral.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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The cerebral way in which Schulewitz approached pitching and his job with UIC was a perfect primer for his work with the Dodgers.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The critics were not defending scholarly standards, but their exclusive claim to setting those standards.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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But that belies a scholarly understanding of Italian cooking history, techniques and terminology, and a serious competitor.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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