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as in geeks
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 intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests
an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen
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Recent Examples of nerds
And the pop culture nerds here at Them have been hit especially hard by these losses over the years.
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Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Tape nerds will note that Dončić also made six 2s from the left side of the free-throw area.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Once the territory of grandfathers and sitcom nerds, sweater vests have had a resurgence over the last decade.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Shildt was an old-timer, relying more on feel and instinct than the cellar-dwelling nerds who run the sport with impossible numbers that don’t mean a damn thing.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
That bourbon, like all subsequent releases, was aged at Camp Nelson, a warehouse site located a few minutes from the distillery that is legendary (among whiskey nerds, at least) for the quality of the bourbon that comes from there.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
View gallery - 6 images For us motorcycle nerds, the best time of the year is here.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Sure, there will always be some people who care, just as today there are nerds like me willing to debate the merits of writing for the Z80 versus the 6502 8-bit CPUs.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
With the help of her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan), boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich), and cine-literate nerds Randy (Jamie Kennedy) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), Sidney sets out to determine who’s behind the mask.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Tape nerds will note that Dončić also made six 2s from the left side of the free-throw area.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Once the territory of grandfathers and sitcom nerds, sweater vests have had a resurgence over the last decade.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Shildt was an old-timer, relying more on feel and instinct than the cellar-dwelling nerds who run the sport with impossible numbers that don’t mean a damn thing.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
That bourbon, like all subsequent releases, was aged at Camp Nelson, a warehouse site located a few minutes from the distillery that is legendary (among whiskey nerds, at least) for the quality of the bourbon that comes from there.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
View gallery - 6 images For us motorcycle nerds, the best time of the year is here.
—New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Sure, there will always be some people who care, just as today there are nerds like me willing to debate the merits of writing for the Z80 versus the 6502 8-bit CPUs.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
With the help of her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan), boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich), and cine-literate nerds Randy (Jamie Kennedy) and Stu (Matthew Lillard), Sidney sets out to determine who’s behind the mask.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerds
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In the 1990s, the internet boom created overnight fortunes along with unforeseen challenges for some tech geeks and impresarios who founded wildly successful dot-coms.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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If Substack creators can make a living on affiliate links, why not music geeks?—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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Another way to gauge the influence of socialism in US history is to list some of the prominent American writers, artists, intellectuals, activists, and scientists who either publicly embraced the label or favored a socialist blueprint for the nation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Nerds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerds. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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