as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity
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Recent Examples of bookworm
Hatchard's, one of the oldest book shops in England, is a bookworm's paradise, with five stories full of every genre imaginable.
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Ellen Lecompte, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
If your young bookworm chooses to read 50 books before the first day of school, that’s wonderful!
—Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
After getting over his brief intoxication with political power, Deidre says, her husband has grounded himself by embracing the bookworm and homebody sides of his personality.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Byredo Bibliothèque Candle $50 Nordstrom Bibliothèque is one of our favorite candles to recommend as gifts for bookworms and beyond.
—Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Ellen Lecompte, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
If your young bookworm chooses to read 50 books before the first day of school, that’s wonderful!
—Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
After getting over his brief intoxication with political power, Deidre says, her husband has grounded himself by embracing the bookworm and homebody sides of his personality.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Byredo Bibliothèque Candle $50 Nordstrom Bibliothèque is one of our favorite candles to recommend as gifts for bookworms and beyond.
—Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookworm
Noun
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This is important not just for nerds like us, but for anyone who, for whatever reason, may not want to be sending $12-$15 to a streamer this month.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2025
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At the time, GPS nerds hung out on the nascent Internet, chatting on newsgroups.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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In one of our conversations, Apatow brought up the episode in which one of the geeks of Freaks and Geeks, Neal Schweiber (played by Samm Levine), confronts his philandering father by telling hostile jokes about him through a ventriloquist puppet.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Bookworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookworm. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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