dweeb

noun

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as in nerd

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Recent Examples of dweeb The twist is that she’s already attached to Reynolds (Ben Foster), who looks like a dweeb — but is, in fact, an extremely wealthy and powerful drug kingpin. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026 Just what, exactly, is so relatable about the slapstick odyssey of this unfortunate white-collar dweeb? — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 While Peters veers closer to a stock villain — the ubiquitous empowered dweeb, though those coding-sequence tattoo sleeves are a nice embellishment — Hasan Minhaj and Arturo Castro are appealing as Eve’s ENCOM associates. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Brooke portrays Penny, an alpha dweeb on a mission to take down the cool kids. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 In nearly every comics appearance, Olsen is inherently something of a dweeb; a hanger-on to Lois and Clark who looks up to them and doesn’t always get respect back. — James Grebey, Vulture, 16 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweeb
  1. nerd
  2. snob
  3. moron
  4. brat
  5. dolt
  6. snot
  7. dork
  8. imbecile
Noun
  • On Monday morning, the world's econ nerds tuned in to an announcement from Sweden to learn who won this year's Nobel Prize in economics.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The problem is when the self-importance of festival political activism crosses wires with these horror nerds.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerd
Noun
  • Kate Phillips, the BBC’s content chief, has a message for reality TV snobs.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Alessi Pulcina Stove Top Coffee Maker Beloved by coffee snobs and design aficionados alike, the Alessi stovetop coffee maker blends high-quality brewing with a form that is beautiful enough to leave out all day long.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of snob
Noun
  • The unlikely source is Enervate’s company stooge corporate strategist, Ken Davies (Tim Key), a moron by any measure.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
  • God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • Before globetrotting for work, she was raised as the altruistic equivalent of an army brat.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Sure, there will be stein-hoisting and brat-tossing competitions.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of brat
Noun
  • So a lot of the counterintelligence training that's given to the troops, the officers, the defense contractors, a lot of it is kind of like, don't be naive, don't be a dolt, in short.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Most apartment buildings, basic or deluxe, barely qualify as architecture at all, not because they are designed by dolts but because developers (and the zoning code) demand a crushing efficiency.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of dolt
Noun
  • Other weeks, an entire team attacks a driver by a hot dog stand and beats the snot out of him.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Hitting the snot out of the ball.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of snot
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Zuckerberg, who mostly stays on the sidelines of the movie, is now a mighty billionaire and, as Strong plays him, a dour, lifeless dork.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Along with a brief moment of tenderness Sara experiences with her class’s resident dork, this feminine camaraderie makes for a nugget of niceness in a sea of despair.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of dork
Noun
  • If the eventual outcome hadn’t been so tragic, and if one of the people involved hadn’t been an absolute imbecile, and if there hadn’t been a dearth of actual romance, their meeting would have made for good romantic fiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Insulting this imbecile became the most rewarding pastime on earth.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Definition of imbecile

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