bookworm

Noun

Meaning

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scholastic pedant bookman mola professor lecturer sage savant swot dink brain academic intellectual reader scholar

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Antonyms

secretary registrar boor source author historian

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Hypernyms

bookman reader scholar student scholarly person

Hyponyms

purist

Phrases with the word

bookworm beetle favourite bookworm due bookworm edacious bookworm enthusiastic bookworm grown-up bookworm

Examples

When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know. Laura Welch Bush

She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company. Cornelia Funke

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles. Caroline Leavitt

I was a huge bookworm as a kid, and you could usually find me reading something with a dragon on its cover. Julie Kagawa

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm. Marina Warner

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives. Joyce Brothers

Close letter words and terms

bookwheel bookwise bookwork bookworm beetle bookworm woman bookwormish