# hippie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɪpi/ · frequency rank #18,100

## Definitions
1. A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
2. One 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.
3. A 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. One who is hip.

## Etymology
From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie.

## Easily confused with
- **hippo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hippie-vs-hippo)
- **hippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hippie-vs-hippy)
- **hippies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hippie-vs-hippies)
- **happier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/happier-vs-hippie)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhippie`, `hipie`, `hipipe`, `hippei`, `hpipie`, `ihppie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hippie