# hipster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɪp.stə/ · frequency rank #18,336

## Definitions
1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions.
2. A member of Bohemian counterculture.
3. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
4. A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol).
5. A dancer, particularly a female one.
6. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

## Etymology
From hip + -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles.

## Easily confused with
- **hitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hipster-vs-hitter)
- **holster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hipster-vs-holster)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hester-vs-hipster)
- **hamster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamster-vs-hipster)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhipster`, `hippster`, `hipsetr`, `hipsster`, `hipsterr`, `hipstre`, `hipstter`, `hiptser`, `hispter`, `hpister`, `ihpster`

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