idiom · informal
be a bookworm
UK/bi ə ˈbʊkwɜːm/US/bi ə ˈbʊkwɝm/be·a·BOOK·worm
a person who enjoys reading a lot and often spends much time with books
Examples
“She’s always been a bit of a bookworm; she prefers novels to going out.”
“As a student he was a real bookworm and rarely missed a chance to read in the library.”
“Being a bookworm helped her a lot in literature exams.”
Band 8 sentence
“I’ve always been a bit of a bookworm; at university I tended to choose long historical novels over socialising because they helped me switch off.”
Collocations
- be a real bookworm
- a bit of a bookworm
- a confirmed bookworm
Word family
Common mistakes
be bookworm→be a bookworm
I am bookish→I am a bookworm
Say it for a higher band
5I like reading→6I read a lot→7+be a bookworm
Synonyms
voracious reader
Easily confused
voracious reader
“She’s a voracious reader who finishes several novels a week.”
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