wonknoun [ C ]
uk/wɒŋk/us/wɑːŋk/US informala person who works or studies too much, especially someone who learns and knows all the details about something:
As the NEC's deputy for domestic policy issues, Sperling has functioned as both policy wonk and political guru.
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Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- brain
- bright spark
- clever
- gnome
- intellect
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- pretty
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- thinker
- wit
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