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NERD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does nerd mean?

• NERD (noun)
The noun NERD has 1 sense:

1. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Familiarity information: NERD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NERD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dweeb; grind; nerd; swot; wonk

Hypernyms ("nerd" is a kind of...):

assimilator; learner; scholar (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)

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