Words Like BOOKWORM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BOOKWORM.

3 Alternative Words Similar to bookworm

1 Pedant Noun      Synonym Words Like Pedant
2 Scholastic Noun      Synonym Words Like Scholastic
3 Purist Noun      Hyponym

10 definitions of bookworm

1 Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
2 A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
3 a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
4 someone who spends a great deal of time reading
5 One who spends much time reading or studying.
6 Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
7 A name given to the larvæ of various insects, which gnaw and injure books, but particularly to those of two species of small beetles, Anobium (Sitodrepa) paniceum and Ptinus brunneus, belonging to the family Ptinidæ.
8 A person closely addicted to study; one devoted to the reading of or to research in books: as, “these poring book-worms,” Tatler, No. 278.
9 Any of various insects that infest books.
10 An avid book reader.
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