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nerdy

/ˈnɜː(ɹ)di/

nerdy adjective: being or like a nerd.

Adjective

nerdy (comparative nerdier, superlative nerdiest)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) Being or like a nerd.
    • That guy is nerdy and weird.
    Synonyms:
    nerdish
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.
    • That is a nerdy song.
    • I got a pair of nerdy glasses and clothes for Halloween.

nerdy meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

nerdy in Tamil

நெர்டி

nerdy in Bengali

নার্ডের মতো, নার্ডদের শৈলীর, তাদের কাছে আকর্ষণীয়

nerdy in Telugu

నెర్డి, నెర్డీ

nerdy in Malayalam

നെർഡി
More languagesFewer languages
nerdy in Kannada
ನೆರ್ಡಿ

Synonyms of nerdy

Forms of nerdy

comparativenerdier
superlativenerdiest

Origin of nerdy

From nerd + -y.

Words formed from nerdy

Words that rhyme with nerdy

Questions about nerdy

What does nerdy mean?
Nerdy means being or like a nerd.
What is nerdy in Tamil?
Nerdy in Tamil is நெர்டி. See Nerdy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nerdy?
Nerdy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nerdy?
Nerdy is pronounced /ˈnɜː(ɹ)di/.

Words near nerdy in the dictionary

  1. nerdsome
  2. nerdspeak
  3. nerdtastic
  4. nerdvana
  5. nerdwear
  6. nerdy
  7. nereid
  8. Nereidean
  9. nereides
  10. nereidian
  11. nereidians

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nerdy (page history and authors); nerdy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nerdy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nerdy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nerdy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nerdy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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