hip
adjective /hɪp/ (hipper, hippest) informalDefinition
› fashionable: The bars in the old part of the town are frequented by hip young students.Modern and fashionableFashionModern and fashionable
(Definition of hip adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- avant-garde adjective
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- fashion victim noun
- fashionable adjective
- funky adjective (FASHIONABLE)
- futuristic adjective
- get with the programme idiom
- go-ahead adjective
- sharply adverb (FASHIONABLE)
- smartly adverb (STYLISH)
- snappy adjective (STYLISH)
- snazzy adjective
- sophisticated adjective
- space-age adjective
- state-of-the-art adjective
- way-out adjective
- with it adjective (FASHION)
- à la mode adjective
- à la mode adverb
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