swot

noun, British

Synonyms and Antonyms of SWOT

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits <every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot>

Synonyms bookworm, dink [slang], dork [slang], geek, grind, swot [British], weenie, wonk

Related Words double-dome, egghead, highbrow, intellectual; brain, genius; academic, bookman, scholar; gearhead, techie

Near Antonyms goldbrick, goof-off, slacker, underachiever; lowbrow

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