groupie

noun

group·​ie ˈgrü-pē 

1

: a fan of a rock group who usually follows the group around on concert tours

2

: an admirer of a famous person who attends as many of the person's events and public appearances as possible

3

: enthusiast, aficionado

a political groupie

golf groupies

Examples of groupie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The rise of retail fandom Move over Swifties, groupies aren’t just for celebrities anymore. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Bardem gets the most, and most extreme attitudes, to play, whether cozying up individually to the Bowdens, threatening a groupie, undergoing a religious conversion, acting normal or being weird. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026

The women who flocked to Jung are sometimes grouped together condescendingly as Jungfrauen (Jung women), and in some ways Fröbe-Kapteyn might fall into this category of groupies. — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026

Kick it up a notch to Sport or Sport+ calibration, put the hammer down and this tidy engine trumpets straight-6 well enough to please Handel groupies without going Videogame Punk. — Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for groupie

• droopy
• snoopy

Kids Definition

groupie

noun

group·​ie ˈgrü-pē 

: fan entry 3

especially : a fan of a rock group who usually follows the group around on concert tours