hipster

[hip-ster]

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR hipster ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Slang.

a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.

a person, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships; a beatnik or hippie.

a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing; a hepcat.

Origin of hipster

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; hip⁴ + -ster

Related formship·ster·ish, adjectivehip·ster·ism, noun

hipster

[hip-ster]

noun

hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers(def 2).

Often hipsters. hiphugger underpants for women and girls.

Origin of hipster

First recorded in 1960–65; hip¹ + -ster

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for hipster

bohemian, beatnik, freethinker, liberal

Examples from the Web for hipster

Contemporary Examples of hipster

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy
David Shaftel
January 9, 2015
Situated in hipster Hackney, the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History opens to the public on Wednesday.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
Liza Foreman
November 11, 2014
What about co-location in a hipster coffee bar near the High Line?
New York & New Jersey’s Ebola Quarantines Are an Insane Overreaction
Kent Sepkowitz
October 26, 2014
The crowd itself is part-Brooklyn hipster, with a side of Hollywood heavyweight thrown in for good measure.
L.A.’s Cool-Kid Backyard Concert Series—Kensington Presents
Sara Lieberman
October 17, 2014
Driver plays Jamie, a hipster filmmaker who befriends Ben Stiller's tight-assed documentarian.
Oscar Season Kicks Off in Toronto: Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart, and More Court Awards Glory
Marlow Stern
September 14, 2014

Historical Examples of hipster

The hipster stores have been getting faster and faster, of course.
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for hipster

hipster

noun

slang, rare

an enthusiast of modern jazz
an outmoded word for hippy 1

(modifier) (of trousers) cut so that the top encircles the hips

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for hipster

1941, "one who is hip;" from hip (adj.) + -ster. Meaning "low-rise" in reference to pants or skirt is from 1962; so called because they ride on the hips rather than the waist (cf. hiphuggers). Related: Hipsters.