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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
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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Noun
Expedition-style nerd cruises Expedition cruises are, by nature, educational.
—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
Noun
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Artists, spies, soldiers, intellectuals, and prisoners of war, these Patriots fired salvos against the king on the walls of the Royal Academy as well as on the battlefields of Virginia and Massachusetts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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Under Pol Pot, the communist regime targeted teachers, professionals, intellectuals and artists of all stripes.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
16 July 2025
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This was the height of San Sebastian’s reign as the European city with the most Michelin stars per capita—an era of relentless invention, experimentation and cerebral modernist cuisine.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Rarely will the path to any one gem require heavy thought or planning; the game’s more concerned about making sure the physical actions required to get to the destination feel more satisfying than any cerebral solutions.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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This family journey deeply shaped Fisher’s lifelong scholarly drive to chronicle the struggles and the triumphs of Black communities in the American West.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Yet this has not discouraged a number of notable attempts to coerce emoji into the shape of a language, scholarly consensus be damned.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
1 July 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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