as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
after living among the bohos for a while, she realized that there was a disenchanting conformity to their nonconformity
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Recent Examples of boho
Antnation Boho Smocked Top Set This $37 boho set is a one-and-done spring travel outfit that’s dripping in carefree, vacation-ready style.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Kartik Research captured the boho mood in a range of straight-leg jeans with undone hems.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
For the more California Coastal or boho spaces, these macramé extension cords add a natural element while extending your power source from six to 12 feet.
—Kelsey Borovinsky, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 2026
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2026
The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Kartik Research captured the boho mood in a range of straight-leg jeans with undone hems.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
For the more California Coastal or boho spaces, these macramé extension cords add a natural element while extending your power source from six to 12 feet.
—Kelsey Borovinsky, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for boho
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boho
maverick
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Tress’s approach during this period recalls that of his friend and mentor Duane Michals, another maverick.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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An exhibition in Beijing delving into anonymity, a key code of the house stemming back to the founder Martin Margiela’s Greta Garbo-like ways — and the face-obscuring masks that have been a feature of the brand since the Belgian maverick arrived on the international fashion scene.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Boho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boho. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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