English noun: bookworm | |||
1. | bookworm (person) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | ||
Synonyms | pedant, scholastic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | purist | ||
2. | bookworm (person) someone who spends a great deal of time reading | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reader | ||