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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
  • There were breathless updates of the votes and nerds spewing numbers from various counties like baseball broadcasters discussing weighted on-base average.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This sleek little mug, designed by the coffee nerds at Fellow, keeps your brew hot (or cold) without sacrificing flavor.
    — Brianna Plaza, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 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
  • For movie geeks everywhere, this has been the question since Kubrick’s death in 1999.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In recent weeks, a number of states have been winning multibillion-dollar settlements from the computer geeks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of geeks
Verb
  • The new method, developed by researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) and Pan Acoustics GmbH, analyzes the tiny vibrations produced when raindrops strike solar panels.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Extraordinary Conservation of the Last Judgment, which also analyzes a hidden self-portrait Michelangelo painted on a strip of cloth worn by a figure representing death.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Nov. 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 9 Nov. 2026.

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