Intellect and Nerd

Intellect

Intellect noun - A very smart person.

Usage example: one of the finest intellects of our time

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Nerd and intellect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nerd" instead a noun "Intellect".

Nerd noun - A person with strong intellectual interests.

Usage example: an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen

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Intellect and nerd are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intellect" instead a noun "Nerd".

fellow	fellow intellect	fellow nerd
average	average intellect	average nerd
real	real intellect	real nerd
massive	massive intellect	massive nerd
Other adjectives: little, former, giant.

However, the glasses, the opinionated attitude, the total lack of cool (she's downright neurotic), the virginity, and the privileging of intellect over social relationships, are classic nerd.

Source: Nerd
However, it is interest and intellect that makes the nerd, not looks.

Source: Nerds Are Sexy
Brainy Smurf from The Smurfs, with his Nerd Glasses and library full of self-written books, is arrogant and condescending, always ready to boast about his vast intellect while being a top-notch Know-Nothing Know-It-All and generally useless.

Source: TV Genius

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