hipster
Plural: hipsters
Noun
- A person following current trends and fashions.
- someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
- A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
- A member of Bohemian counterculture.
- An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
- A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
- A dancer, particularly a female one.
- Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.
Verb
- To behave like a hipster.
- To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.
Examples
- The hipster across the table scoffed at his choice of ’BASIC’ in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From hip + -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles.
Synonyms
flower child, hippie, hippy, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista, gentleman from Kentucky, hepcat, hepster, hipster, snappy dresser, sophisto, swell, trendite, trendy, vial villain, voguie
Scrabble Score: 12
hipster: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhipster: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hipster: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary