TECHNOPHILES Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

technophiles

noun

plural of technophile

as in geeks

someone who likes and enjoys technology and modern machines (such as computers) Technophiles flocked to the convention for a sneak preview of the latest gadgets,

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Recent Examples of technophiles Audiences and technophiles have been wowed, but film purists have howled over the trimming of more than 25 minutes of runtime, including some musical numbers. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 June 2026

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The weekend-afternoon sales events became a phenomenon, drawing crowds to marvel at his wide-ranging tastes — not just hardcore music geeks or bibliophiles, but appreciators of New York cultural lore.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
Heaven to the geeks and superfans in the balcony.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 June 2026

Definition of geeks

Noun

Without Secure Boot, attackers with brief physical access to a device—even when it’s turned off—can install bootkits similar to LoJax used by Russia state hackers in 2018, MosaicRegressor found in 2020, CosmicStrand in 2022, and BlackLotus in 2023.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
The new series is based on the 1989-91 manage of the same name and takes place in the distant future (well, 2029) in a futuristic Japan replete with elite cyborgs, tactical anti-terrorism forces and mysterious hackers.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

Definition of hackers

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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has opportunistically seized on air-conditioning, portraying it as an urgent quality-of-life issue that moralizing environmentalists and overreaching technocrats have ignored.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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