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wonk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wonk

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits

  • the candidate has an army of policy wonks ready to write for him a position paper on virtually any issue
Synonyms of wonk

bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, nerd, swot [British], weenie
Words Related to wonk

double-dome, egghead, highbrow, intellectual

brain, genius

academic, bookman, scholar

gearhead, techie
Near Antonyms of wonk

goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever

lowbrow

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