as in energy
usually vibes plural
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
a book by a professor of physiological science about her experiments with human energy fields and the vibes they emanate
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Recent Examples of vibe
Her look united the dark, glamorous vibe of the event, with Julianne Moore, Salma Hayek and more styling formal black dresses.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
And up in orbit, the Enterprise also embraces the fantasy vibe, deploying a Vulcan mind-meld to get Spock and Kirk piloting the Enterprise and Farragut, respectively, in telepathic unison.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Except that four years later, on The Hills, Lauren Conrad passed it up for a guy with frosted tips and sleepy vibes.
—Megan Angelo, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
And people were a bit confused regarding the vibes.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
And up in orbit, the Enterprise also embraces the fantasy vibe, deploying a Vulcan mind-meld to get Spock and Kirk piloting the Enterprise and Farragut, respectively, in telepathic unison.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Except that four years later, on The Hills, Lauren Conrad passed it up for a guy with frosted tips and sleepy vibes.
—Megan Angelo, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
And people were a bit confused regarding the vibes.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibe
Noun
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One of the bottlenecks in frequency comb technology has been the high energy required for spectral broadening.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Starting from the questionable proposition that revolutionary movements require energy and that energy in its most basic form is derived from solar rays, Chizhevsky listed some historical developments that lined up with astronomical developments.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The result is an almost-black shade of mahogany that strikes the perfect balance of autumnal aura and goth feels.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Vibe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibe. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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