Bookish

What do we mean by bookish?

Given to, characterized by, or resulting from the habitual reading of books; studious. adjective

Relying chiefly on book learning rather than practical experience; impractical or unworldly. adjective

Literary, formal, or erudite. Used of language. adjective

Of or pertaining to books; literary: as, “bookish skill,”

Given to reading; fond of study; hence, more acquainted with books than with men; familiar with books, but not with practical life: as, “a bookish man,”

Learned; stilted; pedantic: applied either to individuals or to diction: as, a bookish expression.

Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. adjective

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic. adjective

Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with people; learned from books. adjective

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books. adjective

Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading adjective

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.

Usually female and sometimes bespectacled; a young woman who enjoys the company of her books. Has an intelligent, haughty, look rather than nerd. Urban Dictionary

Another term for mush, geezer, mate, pal, homedawg, lad, brother, geez. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to bookish:
bookish, boorish, blokish, boobish.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bookish:
glasses, intellectual, boy, read, reading, tradition, sister, character, girl, knowledge, literary, man, image, child, learning, friends, books, young.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bookish:
least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bookish:
man, knowledge, men, people, learning, education, boy, words, person, child, lad, culture, type, language, inclination, tastes, sort, nature, talk, interests, fellow, style, lore, girl, character, youth, theoric, atmosphere, prizes, woman, student, tradition, recluse, family, kind, terms, turn, approach, sense, habits, studies, types, scholar, word, manner, son, ways, english, wisdom, subjects, poet, scholars, study, pursuits, theories, curriculum, air, flavor, authority, matters, quality, look, friends, cultivation, training, dreams, notions, mind, boys, allusions, writer, professor, sources, friend, appearance, father, origin, inclinations, rule, instruction, persons, phrases, expressions, kid, references, erudition, habit, conversation.

Consonant match to bookish:
baksheesh, bakshish, backsheesh, buckish, balkish, bukshish.

Words that sound like bookish:
bookish, buckish, biggish, peckish, puckish, peakish, bogusz, bucket, baggage, booking, bookie, beckett, boorish, bacchus, boyish, brackish, booky, bookies, bullish, blackish, book case, back here, bickett, bycatch, bookout, bacus, book in, blockish, bocage, book out, bukett, bakshish, by-catch, package, piggish, hawkish, pay cash, beauish, puggish, because, buckle, becca, bacl, bocce, boca, baka, becket, bekah, bacca, baca, buckel, beca, beka, bokeh, backa, bickle, bekka, backus, bickel, baccus, bocca, bucca, boka, baikal, bucha, bika, bequette, bica, bocal, baucus, bacot, bekele, beckel, baykal, bacas, book up, buycott, burkett, brish, birkett, burket, booksy, burkitt, burgage, backing, backlash, baccy, back out, bacall, bacco, bachi, back hoe, backie, bacchic, bacchi, baccate, bacchae, b k, back in, back kick.