hippie

plural hippies · alternative hippy

1. 1950s slangA teenager who imitated the beatniks.

   Synonyms: beatnik

2. derogatorysometimes1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era; 1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that eraOne who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

   Synonyms: tree hugger, flower child

3. derogatorymodernslangA person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
5. archaicdatedSomeone who is or tries to be hip.

   Near-synonyms: hipster, hepster, trendite; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person

   Synonyms: hipster, hepster, trendite, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista

comparative hippier · superlative hippiest · alternative hippy

1. Of or pertaining to hippies.

   That dress looks very hippie.

   3 more examples

   The drug-taking he's writing about is less hippie than punk: it's about speed and smack and pills as much as hallucinogens and weed, about compulsion as well as escape.

   2011, Mike Marqusee, Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s, →ISBN

   You have to understand I worked in a very hippie nightclub for years, and the majority of the staff did not even like the Grateful Dead.

   2012, Christopher Lento, The Bartender Diaries...A Life Fantastic!, →ISBN, page 126

   And then I discovered LSD, you can't get much more hippie than that.

   2013, Ian Young, It's Not about Me!: Confessions of a Recovered Outlaw Addict, →ISBN

2. colloquialhumorousNot conforming to generally accepted standards.

   They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.