Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

bibliophile

[bib-lee-uh-fahyl, -fil] / ˈbɪb li əˌfaɪl, -fɪl /
NOUN
bookworm
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Daunt is a bibliophile and owns a small chain of eponymous independent bookstores in England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

He was a Christian Zionist and bibliophile, who by all accounts knew the land of Israel better than many of the Jews who lived there.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023

Corcoran was a bibliophile who didn’t horde books but who delighted in knowing what she could about those within her sphere of Modern art interests and making them available to others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

Carmen grew up devouring her opera-loving, bibliophile father’s books — he had a capacious library of the classics — and “in a Catholic bubble,” she told The Financial Times in 2020.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022

He had laboriously saved his pennies, and had, with the magic of the bibliophile, turned them into rare volumes!

From The Unpublishable Memoirs by A. S. W. Rosenbach


Vocabulary lists containing bibliophile

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training