pseud
1 of 3noun
ˈsüd 
British
: a person who pretends to be an intellectual
pseud
2 of 3abbreviation
pseudonym; pseudonymous
pseud-
3 of 3combining form
variants or pseudo-
1
: false : spurious
pseudoclassic
2
: temporary or substitute formation similar to (a specified thing)
pseudopodium
3
: resembling, isomeric with, or related to (a specified chemical compound)
pseudoephedrine
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018 Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Noun
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate. The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018 Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Noun
short for pseudo-intellectual
Combining form
Greek, from pseudēs, from pseudesthai to lie; akin to Armenian sut lie and probably to Greek psychein to breathe — more at psych-
First Known Use
Noun
1964, in the meaning defined above
pseuds
noun
as in sages
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sages
- mandarins
- bluestockings
- thinkers
- intellects
- highbrows
- intellectuals
- intellectualizers
- brains
- blues
- longhairs
- intellectualists
- wizards
- nerds
- genii
- geniuses
- whizzes
- geeks
- Brahmins
- double-domes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- philistines
- imbeciles
- morons
- lowbrows
- dopes
- anti-intellectuals
- dunces
- blockheads
- dolts
- dummies
- pinheads
- simpletons
- nitwits
- fatheads
- dumbbells
- half-wits
- underproducing
- underproduction
- underproductions
- underproductive
- underpromotion
- underproof
- underprop
- underpropped
- underproppers
- underpropping
- underprops
- underpublicized
- underqualified
- underquote
- underquoted
- underquotes
- underquoting
- underran
- underrate
- underrated
- underrates
- underrating
- underreach
- underreact
- underreacted