Home › Words › I › infomaniacinfomaniacinfomaniac · noun — A person who is very keen to acquire information.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom info + -maniac.nounA person who is very keen to acquire information.e.g.“Infomaniacs believe that if they can control the knowledge around them, they will profit. But more often the opposite occurs, and infomaniacs unwittingly defeat themselves.” — 2008, Zachary Shore, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions, page 128:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.infoholic 75% match — A person who has an insatiable desire for news and information, especially when obtained online. vs infomaniac →infovore 67% match — A person who indulges in and desires information gathering and interpretation. vs infomaniac →informationist 64% match — One who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career. vs infomaniac →infocrat 59% match — A leader in an infocracy; one who controls the flow of information. vs infomaniac →infonaut 59% match — One who navigates the information superhighway; an Internet user. vs infomaniac →bibliomaniac 58% match — A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. vs infomaniac →curiomaniac 58% match — A person who is addicted to collecting curios. vs infomaniac →internerd 58% match — An obsessive user of the Internet. vs infomaniac →