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

1 sense of wonk

Sense 1
swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb -- (an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious)
       => learner, scholar, assimilator -- (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)