All bookish synonyms
book·ish
B b adj bookish
- studious — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- brainy — Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- intelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- learned — having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- pedantic — ostentatious in one's learning.
- smart — having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.