swot

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot Synonyms bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, nerd [British], weenie, wonkRelated Words double-dome, egghead, highbrow, intellectual; brain, genius; academic, bookman, scholar; gearhead, techieNear Antonyms goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever; lowbrow