nerdy

The word “nerdy” has 2 syllables: ner-dy

It's pronounced as /ˈnɜrdi/

What is synonym and antonym for nerdy?

In the thesaurus, “nerdy” has 129 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nerdy along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for nerdy

abhorred
academic
academical
all thumbs
amateurish
artless
assiduous
avoided
blue
blundering
bookish
bookworm
brainy
bright
brilliant
bulky
bumbling
bungling
busy
butterfingers
careful
cerebral
clever
coarse
contemplative
creepy
cultivated
cultured
despised
detested
didactic
diligent
disesteemed
disfavored
disliked
drip
dumpy
eager
earnest
educated
eggheaded
erudite
execrated
floundering
gawky
geeky
graceless
green
gross
grubbing
hard-working
having two left feet
having two left hands
high-hat
high-toned
highbrow
highbrowed
hyperintellectual
incompetent
industrious
inept
inexpert
intellectual
intellectualist
intellectualistic
intelligent
klutzy
learned
lettered
literate
loathed
long-haired
longhair
loser
lousy
lumbering
maladroit
meditative
middlebrow
nerdish
oafish
obnoxious
ostracized
out
out of favor
pedantic
polyhistoric
polymath
polymathic
professorial
quick-witted
reflective
rejected
rude
scholarly
schooled
scorned
sedulous
serious
shunned
smart
snobbish
snobby
snooty
stiff
stumbling
thoughtful
unaccepted
unattractive
uncared-for
uncoordinated
uncouth
undesirable
unfit
ungainly
ungraceful
unhandy
unloved
unpolished
unrefined
unskilled
unskillful
unvalued
unwanted
unwelcome
weird
well-informed
well-read
wimpy

Antonyms for nerdy

adroit
anti-intellectual
artful
benighted
clever
convenient
delightful
desirable
dexterous
dumb
easy
elegant
fashionable
foolish
graceful
handy
idiotic
idiotical
ignorant
illiterate
inactive
inattentive
lazy
lethargic
liked
lowbrow
moronic
negligent
nonintellectual
philistine
popular
skillful
slow
straightforward
stupid
thoughtless
uncultivated
uncultured
uneducated
unenlightened
unintelligent
unlettered
unread
unscholarly
unthoughtful
wanted

Meanings of nerdy

adjective
1. (of a person) Being or like a nerd.
2. (of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.

Example Sentences

He wore nerdy glasses, but his intelligence made him stand out in the class.
The nerdy group of friends always competed in trivia games at lunch.
She gave a nerdy presentation on the science behind black holes.
He was often teased for his nerdy hobbies, like collecting action figures and reading comic books.
The nerdy jokes they made during the movie were actually quite funny to those who understood them.

On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nerdy, such as: abhorred, academic, academical, adroit, all thumbs, amateurish, anti-intellectual.

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