vibe

American  

[vahyb] / vaɪb /

noun

1. Often vibes a general feeling or sensation that someone gets or has about something.

   She had mixed vibes about the merger decision, and serious reservations about the acting CEO.

2. Sometimes vibes the character, quality, or atmosphere of a place, situation, etc.; ambiance.

   The bar has an outdoor junkyard vibe, with kegs for stools, tires hanging on the fences, and plastic chairs.

   Try to find plants that fit your vibe at home—succulents for a Southwest feel, or air plants for the minimalist.

3. connection; rapport.

   Sometimes you have a good vibe with someone, but then it just goes nowhere.

4. none vibes vibraphone.

5. vibrator.

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verb (used without object)

1. to spend relaxed, unstructured time (often followed bywith ).

   I spent most of my time creating stuff, laughing, and vibing with my buddies.

2. be compatible; be in agreement or harmony (followed bywith ).

   I'm looking for someone I can vibe with on a spiritual and intellectual level.

   Live performance is all about vibing with the audience; the energy is different when you move from the studio to a stage.

vibe British  

/ vaɪb /

noun

1. slang a feeling or flavour of the kind specified

   a 1970s vibe

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Etymology

Origin of vibe

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

The unease has reached Let’s Vibe AI, a collective of coders who engineer tools in small groups out of a rustic warehouse in Denver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Vibe shifts are common in war as fear, hope and rage swirl together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Ja Rule told Vibe last year that his beef with 50 Cent was bad for hip-hop, as it fractured the New York rap community.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Jones, who had his own magazine, Vibe, held his summit three weeks later.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

I had my readings of every issue of The Source and Vibe.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates