geeky

The word “geeky” has 2 syllables: geek-y

It's pronounced as /ˈɡiː.ki/


What is synonym and antonym for geeky?

In the thesaurus, “geeky” has 44 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for geeky

  • academic
  • academical
  • blue
  • bookish
  • brainy
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • cerebral
  • clever
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • didactic
  • educated
  • eggheaded
  • erudite
  • high-hat
  • high-toned
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • hyperintellectual
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • intellectualistic
  • intelligent
  • learned
  • literate
  • long-haired
  • longhair
  • middlebrow
  • nerdish
  • nerdy
  • pedantic
  • polyhistoric
  • polymath
  • polymathic
  • professorial
  • quick-witted
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • smart
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • snooty
  • well-read

Antonyms for geeky

  • anti-intellectual
  • benighted
  • dumb
  • foolish
  • idiotic
  • idiotical
  • ignorant
  • illiterate
  • lowbrow
  • moronic
  • nonintellectual
  • philistine
  • slow
  • stupid
  • uncultivated
  • uncultured
  • uneducated
  • unenlightened
  • unintelligent
  • unlettered
  • unread

Meanings of geeky

  • adjective
    1. Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

Example Sentences

  • He wore a geeky T-shirt with a science joke printed on it.
  • Her geeky interests include coding, anime, and collecting action figures.
  • They bonded over their geeky love of comic books.
  • The movie had a geeky charm that appealed to tech fans.
  • Despite his geeky appearance, he was very confident and outgoing.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to geeky, such as: academic, academical, anti-intellectual, benighted, blue, bookish, brainy.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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educational

  • academic
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eggheaded

  • Einstein
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  • accomplished
  • acute
  • adept
  • advanced
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  • aware
  • blue
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  • brainy
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  • genius
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  • high-hat
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academic

  • abstract
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  • academician
  • alleged
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  • book-learned
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  • brain
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  • critic
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  • curricular
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  • dink
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  • educational
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  • eggheaded
  • erudite
  • faultfinder
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  • gearhead
  • geek
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  • highbrow
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  • ivory-tower
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  • learned
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  • nerd
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  • nonclinical
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  • notional
  • pedagog
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  • postgraduate
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  • scholar
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  • tweedy
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  • unproved
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  • weenie
  • wonk

academical

nerdish

  • academic
  • academical
  • blue
  • bookish
  • brainy
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • cerebral
  • clever
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • didactic
  • educated
  • eggheaded
  • erudite
  • geeky
  • high-hat
  • high-toned
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • hyperintellectual
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • intellectualistic
  • intelligent
  • learned
  • literate
  • long-haired
  • longhair
  • middlebrow
  • nerdy
  • pedantic
  • polyhistoric
  • polymath
  • polymathic
  • professorial
  • quick-witted
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • smart
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • snooty
  • well-read

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