WEENIES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

weenies

noun

plural of weenie

as in nerds

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded "weenie" label on him

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Recent Examples of weenies That was for liberals and other lily-livered, do-goody weenies—losers like you and me. — James Wolcott, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026 The sausage rolls, known commonly as pigs in a blanket, were packaged as a dozen Parker House Rolls stuffed with cocktail weenies. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026 López-Alt shared a recipe from a Kentucky friend who puts cocktail weenies in a slow cooker with a cup of ketchup, a cup of brown sugar, and a cup of bourbon before a party. — Dianna Douglas, NPR, 28 June 2026 The men on this album are, to put it plainly, weenies. — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026 For weight weenies, a more expensive jacket means less space taken up in the pack while providing similar warmth as a heavier, less expensive model. — Maggie Slepian, Outside, 13 Dec. 2025

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Few things are more entertaining to Boise music nerds than seeing which performers made Idahoans stampede the ICCU Grandstand at Expo Idaho.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026
That gives Porsche’s 911 nerds more time to come up with a creative solution to their current hybrid predicament.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Aug. 2026

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Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Funko occupies a massive physical footprint in a far corner of the convention center at SDCC, the annual pop culture festival that attracts over 130,000 fans and geeks from around the world.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

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