GEEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geek mean? 

• GEEK (noun)
  The noun GEEK has 2 senses:

1. a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

2. a person with an unusual or odd personality

  Familiarity information: GEEK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEEK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A carnival performer who does disgusting acts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("geek" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person with an unusual or odd personality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

eccentric; eccentric person; flake; geek; oddball

Hypernyms ("geek" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geek"):

crackpot; crank; fruitcake; nut; nut case; screwball (a whimsically eccentric person)

nutter; wacko; whacko (a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad)