bookish

Definitions

Devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests.

Resembling or characteristic of a book or scholar; formal or pedantic.

Examples

Despite his bookish appearance and quiet demeanor, he was surprisingly adventurous when it came to traveling.

She spent her childhood in a bookish haze, preferring the company of fictional characters to real-life social gatherings.

Synonyms

scholarly academic studious erudite intellectual literary well-read

Antonyms

unintellectual unstudious ignorant illiterate unlettered practical nonacademic