as in intellectual
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 nerdy
But Tesla Isn’t Detroit California has always had plenty of nerdy green-leaning buyers.
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Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
First, Gibson is a self-confident if nerdy music therapist — and a wannabe pop composer — as George.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
But these kinds of nerdy details don’t grace most household conversations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
The ultimate showdown is between sleek vampire conformity and nerdy yet heroic individuality.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
My Play Watch offers other versions themed around nerdy iconography, including Tetris, Space Invaders, and even emoji.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
See video … ASRA NOMANI — Suspect in WHCD operated and lived in an ecosystem that too him from nerdy geek to attacker.
—FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Conway was part of a new generation of talent that flooded the comic book industry in the late 1960s and early ’70s, among the aspiring writers and artists who grew up loving the art form and becoming nerdy fans, unlike the industry’s then-gatekeepers.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
In fact, that sharing was part of the impetus for her latest project, a graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Philonoe called The Lost Daughter of Sparta, which is both pretty nerdy and supremely cool.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
First, Gibson is a self-confident if nerdy music therapist — and a wannabe pop composer — as George.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
But these kinds of nerdy details don’t grace most household conversations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
The ultimate showdown is between sleek vampire conformity and nerdy yet heroic individuality.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
My Play Watch offers other versions themed around nerdy iconography, including Tetris, Space Invaders, and even emoji.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
See video … ASRA NOMANI — Suspect in WHCD operated and lived in an ecosystem that too him from nerdy geek to attacker.
—FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Conway was part of a new generation of talent that flooded the comic book industry in the late 1960s and early ’70s, among the aspiring writers and artists who grew up loving the art form and becoming nerdy fans, unlike the industry’s then-gatekeepers.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
In fact, that sharing was part of the impetus for her latest project, a graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Philonoe called The Lost Daughter of Sparta, which is both pretty nerdy and supremely cool.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerdy
Adjective
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This is where Fauci’s lack of analysis, intellectual curiosity, and humility becomes more obvious and infuriating.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The juxtapositions of text and image, which strongly suggest the widening distance between mother and daughter, build in emotional and intellectual power over the film’s ninety-minute duration.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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For instance, the love planet Venus spends the first half of the month in the curious, playful and loquacious sign of Gemini, making attraction more cerebral than physical.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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Caleb Downs would be fun on the offensive side of the ball, most likely as a receiver, because of his cerebral nature.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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How else to explain the huge A-list turnout for the Breakthrough Prize, the unabashedly geeky awards show held every spring at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar?—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Tapping celebrity guests like A$AP Rocky and Tame Impala for an album of silky cosmic funk, Thundercat channels the id of the geeky, emotionally maladjusted loner.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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About half of the ensembles were created within the past decade, which relays an of-the-times show versus an overly scholarly one.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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Your confidence can grow when scientists have performed a bunch of related research that’s gone through peer review, been published in scholarly journals and mostly points in the same direction.—
Jeffrey A. Lee,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Nerdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerdy. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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