English Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition nerd in British English

nerd noun

[countable] noun
/nɜː(r)d/
1

someone who is boring, not physically attractive, and does not have much social ability

Synonyms and related words
2

someone who is very interested in technical or scientific subjects, especially computers. This word usually shows that you think people like this are boring

Example

a computer nerd

Synonyms and related words
Definition nerd in British English