hippie

Meaning

Noun

1. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
2. One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.
3. (modern, slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
5. One who is hip.

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to hippies.
2. (colloquial, humorous) Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

Synonyms

hippy

flower child

hipster

Bohemian

beatnik

longhair

freak

flower children

drop-out

Translations

Hippie

hippie

hippie

hippy

hippie

hippie

babacool

figlio dei fiori

hippie

هِبِيّ

χίππης

χίππισσα

Blumenkind

خَنْفُوس

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɪpi/

Etymology

From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.