nerd

Other forms of nerd

plural

nerds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nerd

What does nerd mean?

nerd means "an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nerd?

nerd has 1 syllable: nerd. In IPA it is /ˈnɝd/.

What is another word for nerd?

Close synonyms include swot, grind, wonk, dweeb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nerd a common word?

nerd is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.