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plural of swot, British
as in nerds
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

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swots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swot, British

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Recent Examples of swots
Verb
Nobody talked about the furtive ambition of the swots. Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swots
Noun
  • But hey, whiskey nerds are gonna whiskey nerd and whiskey sellers are gonna gouge.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 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
Verb
  • In Season 1 Morgan discovered Roman may have inadvertently become involved in Los Angeles' criminal underworld, and Karadec finds out Roman was an FBI informant who's likely now in Nevada.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Paul finds out and blows his top.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The air is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to turn, and Oscar geeks are analyzing the buzz out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto like tea leaves at the bottom of a mug — that’s right, Oscar season is here.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Refocusing On Long-Term Results As the marketing pendulum inevitably swings from domination by spreadsheet-wielding geeks to marketing by creative brand-builders, companies will realize that they have been overly focused on short-term results.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike conventional models that primarily rely on current atmospheric readings, Google’s AI system analyzes historical hurricane data to uncover patterns that might elude human forecasters.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now, Jones analyzes her schedule and sees what works best.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • John and Penny’s guilt Elizabeth deduces that the unidentified bones in the cemetery belong to Peter Mercer (Will Stevens), the boyfriend of the stabbing victim whose murder the TMC is investigating at the start of the story.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The critical thinker, therefore, deduces that you may be well served to start saving at a much higher rate earlier in life, recognizing that your ability to save in the middle may be diminished—only to pile on the savings again toward the end of your career.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Swots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swots. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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