Egghead
Synonyms for egghead
noun intellectual
scholar
brain
bookworm
geek
genius
know-it-all
highbrow
bluestocking
thinker
rocket scientist
longhair
Usage Notes
This term is usually used with disparaging intent, implying that an intellectual is out-of-touch with ordinary people. Though first used by journalists to insult editorial writers, egghead was popularized as an epithet of Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate.
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