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book-smarter

book-smarter is the comparative form of book-smart.

Meaning of book-smart

Adjective

book-smart (comparative book-smarter, superlative book-smartest)

  1. Having knowledge obtained by reading and studying, rather than by practical experience.
    • I am book-smarter than he.

Questions about book-smarter

What is book-smarter the comparative form of?
Book-smarter is the comparative form of book-smart.

Words near book-smarter in the dictionary

  1. book-signing
  2. book-signings
  3. book-slide
  4. book-slides
  5. book-smart
  6. book-smarter
  7. book-smartest
  8. book-stamp
  9. book-stamps
  10. book-table
  11. book-tables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: book-smarter (page history and authors); book-smart (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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