as in energy
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 vibes
So why does the sight of her, bottle-blonde and clad in a green dress that screams vintage Dream Factory glitz, still give off such deflating Jenny-from-the-block vibes?
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The music is loud, and the vibes are high.
—Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
For Jonny Diamond, cool nights in the Catskills bring idyllic autumn vibes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
For Halloween vibes, Busch Gardens transforms with Halloween Harvest fun and the thrills of Howl-O-Scream.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Terry McLaurin vibes are still not great McLaurin did not officially participate in practice to open the week.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The vibes in Fayetteville are horrendous, and consecutive late-game catastrophes against Ole Miss and Memphis weren’t even the worst part.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
These latter two are particularly important because the main advantages of a humanoid robot are its ability to work in human environments, work with human machines, and to work with humans smoothly, safely, and without setting off Terminator vibes.
—David Szondy
october 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Lean all the way into the Halloween vibes with this spooky vampire costume that's fit for even the sassiest cat.
—Kyley Warren, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
The music is loud, and the vibes are high.
—Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
For Jonny Diamond, cool nights in the Catskills bring idyllic autumn vibes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
For Halloween vibes, Busch Gardens transforms with Halloween Harvest fun and the thrills of Howl-O-Scream.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Terry McLaurin vibes are still not great McLaurin did not officially participate in practice to open the week.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The vibes in Fayetteville are horrendous, and consecutive late-game catastrophes against Ole Miss and Memphis weren’t even the worst part.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
These latter two are particularly important because the main advantages of a humanoid robot are its ability to work in human environments, work with human machines, and to work with humans smoothly, safely, and without setting off Terminator vibes.
—David Szondy
october 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Lean all the way into the Halloween vibes with this spooky vampire costume that's fit for even the sassiest cat.
—Kyley Warren, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibes
Noun
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That same headbanging energy has defined her steady, albeit unconventional, political rise.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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These future tests could help uncover space-time fluctuations predicted by some quantum gravity models and shed light on the interplay between dark matter, vacuum energy, and gravitational fields.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Iverson often compared his own fearlessness to Jordan’s aura, famously crossing up Jordan early in his career as a statement of arrival.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Both looks played in her usual register — classic shapes, fine detail, and that imitable cool girl aura — but each carried a distinct point of view.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Vibes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibes. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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