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noun

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
as in finds out

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Recent Examples of swots
Noun
Nobody talked about the furtive ambition of the swots. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swots
  1. nerds
  2. finds out
  3. geeks
  4. analyzes
  5. deduces
Noun
  • Some Latinas are nerds, and some Latinas are quirky, and some of them are goofy and some of them are clumsy.
    — Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There’s also the comic book [heads], the nerds, the chess players.
    — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerds
Verb
  • Some family members even left the courtroom as Marcelle is heard asking about her children and finds out her son was killed.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • And also God help him if anyone on the island finds out that Evan is the last [descendant].
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Definition of finds out
Noun
  • In recent weeks, a number of states have been winning multibillion-dollar settlements from the computer geeks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Sure, something interesting might eventually happen, but no one outside of a few Canadian space geeks was paying much attention.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of geeks
Verb
  • The system analyzes basketball data, injury reports, social media information about player availability and individual betting data.
    — Jessica Golden,Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The probe, together with the microphones on the satellites themselves, analyzes the tones and then adjusts the audio to deliver the best spatial audio experience for your preferred seating position.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of analyzes
Verb
  • John soon deduces that this is Anton’s (Paul Ben-Victor) planet, the one that had been systematically that wiped out by the Manhunter.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Holmes deduces that each pose represents a letter and cracks the code by matching the most common poses with the most common letters.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of deduces

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“Swots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swots. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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