HIPSTER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

hipster

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Definition of hipster

as in trendy

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Recent Examples of hipster Make sure to get a room with a balcony for private hipster-gazing with a cocktail. — Riza Cruz, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026 The scene came together for the 1984 album Rainy Day, reviving obscure nuggets from the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, the Velvets — a vastly influential project that opened a lot of hipster minds. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 First Dakota Johnson revives the 2010s hipster uniform of ankle boots, a flannel, and slender jeans at the US Open. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2026 Chief among them was the beautiful, bewitching Tina, muse of everyone at the hipster startup magazine Léo once helped edit. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hipster

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While Chopra Jonas tapped hairstylist Irinel de León to craft her bombshell blowout for the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards in January, the on-screen star worked with Bridget Brager on her trendy, rock star hair for the Tuesday premiere.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
What are your favorite trendy, niche subgenres?

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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The architecture throughout Dearborn Park is very much a product of its time — a form of minimalist masonry late modern for Phase I and more decorative postmodern for Phase II.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Between these spaces exists a world balanced on the edge of the modern and the primitive, the high-tech and the rural, the corporeal and the mythic.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

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