hipster

noun

hip·​ster ˈhip-stər 

: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion)

Examples of hipster in a Sentence

a movie that appeals equally to hipsters and suburbanites

Recent Examples on the Web

The basement establishment, in a building dating to the 1840s, had gone through a lot of iterations over the previous century, from an Italian restaurant to a brief heyday in the ‘00s as a clubby hipster bar/social club frequented by A-list celebs. —Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

So essentially have gone the headlines this weekend, as the A24 baton transferred from its hipster staples to 20-year-old Backrooms director Kane Parsons (aka Kane Pixels to his 3 million YouTube followers). —Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026

Apologies if that comes across like a hipster take, but those aesthetics of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri passing and moving around defenders in that kit won’t be leaving my mind any time soon. —Art De Roché, New York Times, 15 May 2026

So by the time the hipsters in the national media picked up on Devo, we were fully formed. —Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

hip entry 2

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above