hipster

Someone who prefers unusual music, clothes, and interests to those popular with most people.

• That hipster only buys old records.
• Hipsters gather at the independent coffee shop.
• She jokes that her vintage bicycle makes her a hipster.

Similar words: nonconformist

Opposites: conformist

Common phrases: hipster cafe, hipster culture, hipster neighborhood

Someone who follows the newest fashions and wants to seem modern and cool.

• He's a hipster with expensive shoes.
• The cafe attracts fashionable hipsters.
• That hipster always knows the newest bands.

Similar words: trend follower

Common phrases: trendy hipster, hipster fashion, young hipster

Someone in a group that lives freely and rejects usual social rules, often with artistic interests.

• The hipster read poems in smoky cafes.
• Those hipsters rejected conventional careers.
• A young hipster joined the circle of experimental writers.

Similar words: bohemian, beatnik

Common phrases: bohemian hipster, beat hipster, hipster poet

A jazz fan who knows the music well and sees themselves as stylish and cool.

• The hipster knew every jazz record.
• Hipsters crowded the club to hear the saxophonist.
• An older hipster told us stories about early bebop.

Similar words: jazz buff, jazz enthusiast

Common phrases: jazz hipster, hipster slang, hipster crowd

To act like someone with unusual tastes who wants to seem cool.

• They hipster around all weekend.
• We hipstered at little cafes instead of going sightseeing.
• Stop hipstering and tell me which music you actually like.

Common phrases: hipster around, hipster at cafes

To dress someone or decorate a place in a trendy, unusual style.

• Let's hipster this room up.
• She hipstered her outfit with an old hat.
• They hipstered the bar with mismatched chairs and vintage posters.

How to use it: hipster something up (They hipstered the cafe up with vintage lamps.)

Common phrases: hipster something up, hipster a room