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hipsters

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 P S T ER0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of hipster

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A female undergarment with wider side sections than conventional panties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

third-person singular simple present indicative of hipster

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flower people, hippies

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: youth subculture

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Swedish: hipstertrosor — underwear
  • Swedish: hipsters — underwear