Synonyms for dork
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A quirky, silly or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends and typically has unfashionable hobbies. (Overlaps conceptually with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.)
I didn’t have any clothes and I had short hair and looked like a dork. Girls wouldn’t go out with me.
Forms
- Plural
- dorks → geeks, gimps, flabbergasts, dweebs…
Example sentences
- geek Tatoeba: As if the geek invasion wasn't enough.
- gimp Enrico took a picture of himself in a gimp suit.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dork | rising | |
| geek | rising | |
| gimp | rising | |
| flabbergast | steady | |
| gink | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- jerk1, geek1, dirk1, gimp, gink
- 5 letters
- dweeb1
- 11 letters
- flabbergast3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flabbergast3 = 3 syllables).