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
The lawyer called Way a performer who was essentially dressed in nerd cosplay throughout the trial.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Take it from a film critic: Even gawky beta nerds get smothered by their own internalized masculinity.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Wednesday night gives us a grudge match worth watching, and a sliding-doors moment to bask in and nerd out.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
While those bottlings are common sights on both retail and bar shelves, the brand’s limited products have built a fervent following among passionate whiskey nerds.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Take it from a film critic: Even gawky beta nerds get smothered by their own internalized masculinity.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Wednesday night gives us a grudge match worth watching, and a sliding-doors moment to bask in and nerd out.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
While those bottlings are common sights on both retail and bar shelves, the brand’s limited products have built a fervent following among passionate whiskey nerds.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerd
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Tapping into the geek chic aesthetic, the star completed the look with a pair of black trousers held up by red, white and blue suspenders supported by her shoulders.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Flamboyant theater geek Ezra (Matthew Finlan) makes his shrieks sound especially dramatic.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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And back in 2010, a MoMA retrospective featured a catalogue in which Wiseman’s work was praised by artists and intellectuals outside the documentary realm.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Iranian artists and intellectuals tend to rely on subtlety, embedding meaning within layers of metaphor and covert language: a necessity in a place where direct expression often comes at great risk.—
Rebecca Ruth Gould,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Nerd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerd. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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