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What is another word for
bookish
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Fond of reading or studying
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Serious, thoughtful or earnest in appearance
Adjective
▲
Fond of reading or studying
erudite
intellectual
learned
academic
donnish
highbrow
pedantic
scholarly
studious
accomplished
cultured
educated
knowledgeable
bluestocking
brainy
cerebral
earnest
impractical
ivory-towerish
pedagogical
serious
thoughtful
clerkly
egghead
intelligent
labored
US
laboured
UK
lettered
scholastic
smart
swotty
well educated
well informed
well-informed
well read
well-read
widely read
literary
literate
cultivated
pedagogic
clever
enlightened
civilized
US
formal
civilised
UK
well-educated
wise
schooled
genius
versed
sapient
discerning
sophisticated
illuminated
formalistic
sharp
sagacious
sage
scientific
didactic
bright
informed
brilliant
trained
inkhorn
well versed
book-loving
tutored
professorial
taught
educational
academical
esoteric
precise
pompous
stilted
fussy
priggish
hairsplitting
dull
schoolish
pedantical
particular
intellectualist
intellectualistic
keen
doctrinaire
coached
highbrowed
classical
belletristic
bookly
abstruse
alert
eggheaded
geeky
intellective
perceptive
conversant
polymath
studied
gifted
instructed
exceptional
nerdish
blue
nerdy
in the know
insightful
fast
longhair
knowing
supersmart
rational
ultrasmart
switched-on
hyperintelligent
deep
quick-witted
sensible
well-taught
well-versed
eager
bookworm
assiduous
aware
schoolmasterly
long-haired
school
book-learned
with great knowledge
ostentatious
punctilious
arid
egotistic
sententious
overnice
dry
pointy-headed
recondite
well versed in
psychologic
nit-picking
collegiate
expert
skilled
creative
precocious
college
university
inventive
percipient
competent
logical
genial
prudent
heady
perspicacious
astute
solid
philosophical
grounded
posted
philosophic
well-rounded
judicious
well-grounded
omniscient
sound
solemn
grave
pansophic
quick
very smart
polished
experienced
savvy
discriminating
nurtured
into
professional
formed
fitted
developed
shaped
enriched
acquainted
corrected
prepared
finished
initiated
nimble
intellectually aware
wise up
able
sharp-witted
whip-smart
book smart
acute
ingenious
shrewd
canny
on the ball
penetrating
intuitive
quick on the uptake
calculating
incisive
observant
artful
argute
adept
quick off the mark
skilful
UK
skillful
US
capable
dexterous
US
subtle
talented
cunning
profound
crafty
dextrous
UK
streetwise
razor-sharp
deft
proficient
masterly
heads-up
long-headed
virtuoso
wily
crack
whiz
apt
adroit
nimble-witted
analytical
piercing
fine
thinking
pawky
resourceful
sensitive
ready
suss
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
smooth
good
slick
sly
foxy
great
consummate
master
hardheaded
quick-thinking
cagey
ace
rapier-like
delicate
understanding
hard-boiled
witty
sharp as a tack
seasoned
wised up
elite
politic
critical
excellent
practised
UK
masterful
practiced
US
active
penetrative
agile
media-savvy
cute
fly
farsighted
first-class
first-rate
handy
crackerjack
complete
professed
nifty
efficient
veteran
mean
wizard
habile
imaginative
wicked
compleat
all there
cool
gnostic
a dab hand at
tuned in
sharpened
psychological
superior
reasonable
guileful
conscious
choice
whip
mental
razor-like
scheming
reasoning
lively
alive
phrenic
very intelligent
brisk
cluey
probing
Einstein
cagy
versant
pro
accurate
tasty
psychic
wide awake
workmanlike
bravura
whiz kid
topflight
far-seeing
quick on the draw
practical
there
old
vet
intriguing
psychical
not born yesterday
with it
quick on the trigger
a hand at
exquisite
einstein
extraordinary
razor sharp
insighted
receptive
outstanding
keen-witted
certified
splendid
spirited
devious
hotshot
star
marvellous
UK
searching
thoughty
deep-thinking
tricky
discreet
magnificent
impressive
formidable
considerate
acuminous
designing
sprightly
finely honed
careful
effectual
effective
nonemotional
exact
cautious
slippery
complex
analytic
exacting
ratiocinative
detailed
vigilant
sharp-sighted
tactful
beguiling
visionary
vigorous
mercurial
curt
wired
cognitive
deadly
underhand
not missing a trick
worldly
responsible
together
comprehending
original
awake
appreciative
prescient
responsive
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
dodgy
marvelous
US
hep
hip
smart as a tack
knowing how many beans make five
nobody's fool
having smarts
with all one's wits about one
urbane
qualified
unprovincial
polite
brain
knows what's what
ear to the ground
disingenuous
detail oriented
courteous
shark
calculated
inside
astucious
sentient
cognizant
smart as a whip
having been around
clued-up
with-it
worldly-wise
tuned-in
gracious
capable of learning
having a good head on one's shoulders
know how many beans make five
having no flies on
mindly
strategic
on the inside
on top of
up on
familiar
intrapersonal
suave
opportunistic
conciliatory
contriving
conniving
diplomatic
treating with kid gloves
stellar
dynamite
hot
well versed
au courant
au fait
clued up
genned up
subconscious
ideological
subliminal
top-notch
top-shelf
more ❯
“It's these same
bookish
types who tend to get in a bit of a flap when images or ideas from literature are appropriated by more popular media.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books
literary
poetic
formal
dramatic
ornate
written
elaborate
flowery
purple
laboured
UK
labored
US
dignified
solemn
linguistic
stylistic
artistic
published
printed
in print
technical
“Actually, I find the candidates a bit adorably nerdy when they lapse into this kind of
bookish
vocabulary.”
Adjective
▲
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
didactic
instructive
enlightening
instructional
educational
informative
informational
moralistic
educative
edifying
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
illuminating
academic
sententious
preachy
homiletic
expository
pedagogic
sermonic
scholastic
homiletical
pedantic
doctrinal
preceptive
priggish
pompous
improving
heuristic
tuitional
donnish
propaedeutic
erudite
teaching
advisory
formal
schoolmasterly
sermonising
UK
sermonizing
US
abstruse
moral
exhortative
hortative
schoolmasterist
teacherish
teacherly
teachy
pedagogical
informatory
learned
useful
literary
helpful
inkhorn
sanctimonious
pietistic
pious
revealing
pontifical
scholarly
dogmatic
telling
explanatory
self-righteous
illuminative
unco guid
elucidative
tutorial
stilted
fussy
formalistic
hairsplitting
dull
schoolish
pedantical
particular
doctrinaire
cultural
smug
admonitory
disciplinary
preaching
Pharisaic
Pharisaical
profound
sermonical
guiding
upright
holier-than-thou
intellectual
expositive
coaching
communicative
cautionary
strait-laced
high-minded
highbrow
descriptive
didactical
cerebral
newsy
factual
punctilious
arid
egotistic
overnice
dry
ostentatious
revelatory
forthcoming
nit-picking
egghead
authoritative
professorial
canting
preachifying
judgmental
judgemental
Pecksniffian
pi
teacherlike
self-important
tutor-like
mentor-like
explicative
explanative
illustrative
exegetic
exegetical
demonstrative
explicatory
elucidatory
expositional
annotative
interpretive
interpretative
allegorical
discursive
diagrammatic
analytical
declarative
graphic
hermeneutic
informing
hermeneutical
significant
prefatory
expounding
interesting
detailed
describing
evaluative
explaining
disquisitional
clarifying
by way of explanation
elaborate
promotional
divulgatory
exemplative
inspiring
uplifting
elevating
refining
suggestive
meaningful
telltale
expressive
pregnant
meaning
eloquent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Serious, thoughtful or earnest in appearance
solemn
moody
earnest
serious
severe
intense
sober
sobersided
staid
unsmiling
humorless
US
humourless
UK
sedate
uncomic
blank
deadpan
expressionless
grave
impassive
owlish
studious
poker-faced
straight-faced
no-nonsense
stony-faced
po-faced
weighty
stern
somber
US
sombre
UK
grim
dour
sullen
austere
serious-minded
long-faced
unhumorous
quiet
strict
cheerless
glum
businesslike
hard
sour
downbeat
subdued
rigid
joyless
dull
grim-faced
dry
dismal
saturnine
mournful
straight
boring
tedious
funereal
leaden
gloomy
sage
dignified
disapproving
stiff
unamusing
ponderous
muted
thoughtful
forbidding
sad
cold sober
unplayful
strictly business
heavy-going
stone-faced
uncomical
stolid
pokerfaced
composed
resolved
resolute
dreary
douce
puritanical
bound and determined
sulky
surly
pouting
pouty
mopey
huffy
harsh
ill-humored
US
oppressive
cruel
ill-humoured
UK
unrelenting
inexorable
relentless
rigorous
pitiless
uncompromising
inhuman
rough
brutal
tough
implacable
burdensome
trying
repressive
onerous
rugged
nasty
excruciating
searing
grievous
bitter
flinty
murderous
savage
astringent
obdurate
hard-nosed
more ❯
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