Synonyms of bookman

bookman

noun

ˈbu̇k-mən 

as in bookseller

one who is keenly devoted to books

a bookman since toddlerhood, he's never shown much interest in television or video games

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bookseller
• bibliophile
• bibliomaniac
• antiquarian
• bookworm
• bibliolater
• bookbinder
• bookmaker
• bibliopole
• bibliopegist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bookman

Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all. — Bruce Holsinger, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023

Once asked to describe himself, McMurtry called himself a writer, a screenwriter — and perhaps most significantly, a bookman. — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021

As bookmen and women became intelligence agents, the ordinary activities of librarianship—acquisition, cataloguing, and reproduction—became fraught with mystery, uncertainty, and even danger. — Time, 3 Jan. 2020

Books would come in monthly, 10 or 15 at a time, carefully packed as only a bookman can pack books, and Dimunation would open them, eager for the riches inside. — Jorge Dionis, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2013