hippie

noun

hip·​pie ˈhi-pē 

variants or hippy

plural hippies

: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic

broadly : a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person

hippiedom

ˈhi-pē-dəm 

noun

hippieish

ˈhi-pē-ish 

adjective

hippieness noun

or hippiness

ˈhi-pē-nəs 

Examples of hippie in a Sentence

She used to be a hippie, but she's fairly conservative now.

The band appeals to a new generation of hippies.

Recent Examples on the Web

Loading your audio article Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés that have long dogged the jam-band genre. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025

My parents called me a hippie, yet wellness was so ... charming. —Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025

David Crosby used to say that the hippies were right about everything — except for the drugs. —Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025

The Youngbloods’ version reached No. 5 as hippies occupied San Francisco and the counterculture became pop culture. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

hip entry 2 + -ie

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hippie

• hippy
• tippy