What is another word for bookish?
156 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bˈʊkɪʃ], [ bˈʊkɪʃ], [ b_ˈʊ_k_ɪ_ʃ]Table of Contents
Similar words for bookish:- academic (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- classical (adjective)
- highbrow (adjective)
- inkhorn (adjective)
- intellectual (adjective)
- learned (adjective)
- studious (adjective)
- well-read (adjective)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Bookish:
adj.
•academic (adjective) •all (adjective) •classical (adjective)- most classicistic,
- most doric,
- more canonic,
- more virgilian,
- most canonic,
- most hellenic,
- most homeric,
- most belletristic,
- most augustan,
- most roman,
- more roman,
- most greek,
- more greek,
- most attic,
- more hellenic,
- more latin,
- most grecian,
- more classicistic,
- more doric,
- more ionic,
- more augustan,
- most virgilian,
- more attic,
- more grecian,
- more homeric,
- most latin,
- most humanistic,
- more humanistic,
- more belletristic,
- most ionic.
- more nit picking,
- more formalistic,
- overnice,
- most donnish,
- most schoolish,
- more overnice,
- most formalistic,
- over nice,
- nit picking,
- more nit-picking,
- more donnish,
- most overnice,
- most hairsplitting,
- more hairsplitting,
- most nit-picking,
- more schoolish.
n.
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- diligent,
- sedulous,
- industrious,
- efficient,
- conscientious,
- committed,
- productive,
- assiduous,
- hard-working,
- tireless.
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- teach.
Other synonyms:
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- educated.
- knowledgeable,
- dry,
- bibliophagic,
- stilted,
- labored,
- graduate,
- cerebral,
- ramrod,
- lettered,
- sententious,
- Sophomoric,
- Dryasdust,
- didactic,
- Leaned,
- schoolgirlish,
- thought-provoking,
- stuffy,
- rod,
- arid,
- widely read,
- instructed,
- egghead,
- profound,
- book-fed,
- ram,
- autodidactic,
- enlightened,
- Booky,
- solid,
- literate,
- shrewd,
- serious,
- blue,
- superintendent,
- ostentatious,
- refined,
- accomplished,
- intelligent,
- skillful,
- pedagogic,
- smart,
- savant,
- pompous,
- cultivated,
- reflective,
- classic,
- rammer,
- preachy,
- undergraduate,
- overseer,
- stiff,
- thoughtful,
- pretentious,
- Deep-read,
- owlish,
- Self-taught,
- doctrinaire,
- sophisticated,
- deep,
- vain,
- schoolboyish,
- postgraduate,
- omniscient,
- bluestocking,
- mandarin,
- brainy,
- book-wise,
- book,
- rabbinic,
- cultured,
- aesthetic.
Antonyms for Bookish:
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adj.
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scholarly
unschooled, stupid, ignorant.
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Other antonyms:
conversational, informal, illiterate, nonliterary, colloquial, unbookish, chatty, unscholarly, slangy.
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scholarly