hipster

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
2. A member of Bohemian counterculture.
3. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
4. (US, obsolete) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
5. (US, obsolete) A dancer, particularly a female one.
6. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Verb

1. To behave like a hipster.
2. To dress or decorate in a hip fashion.

Synonyms

hippie

hippy

cat

😺

flower child

dandy

popinjay

poseur

know-all

fop

Translations

hipster

hippie

Jazzmusiker

Trendsetter

hippie

Hippie

babacool

hippies

capellone

contestatore

hippy

hippie

Movimento hippie

hipster

jípster

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɪp.stə/

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.