Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bookworm

2 senses of bookworm

Sense 1
pedant, bookworm, scholastic -- (a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit)
       => scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student -- (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Sense 2
bookworm -- (someone who spends a great deal of time reading)
       => reader -- (a person who enjoys reading)