beatnik

Noun

Meaning

a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

beat czech bohemia bohemian maverick original freak iconoclast misfit swinger radical rebel eccentric heretic dissident

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Antonyms

common standard traditional member normal regular

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Hypernyms

nonconformist recusant

Phrases with the word

beatnik counterculture beatnik era beatnik lifestyle beatnik movement beatnik revolution beatnik subculture

Examples

Café Collage has cracked concrete, lovely capitals atop the trademark columns and a bit of beatnik grit. Source: Internet

Christian Sparks and The Beatnik Bandits’ album is available on Amazon, Spotify and iTunes. Source: Internet

Comedy about an overprotective, middle-aged dad whose meddling drives his teen daughter into the arms of a crazed beatnik painter. Source: Internet

I was working at The Coffee Gallery, a beatnik hangout in Holland, Mich., when an enlightened Hope College student gave me a copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This was in 1965 and I was a senior in high school. Source: Internet

If their very American, very beatnik, surrealism spells instant yawnorama, forget TMBG—they're the same thing, but minus the good tunes." Source: Internet

MGM producer Dore Schary discovered the couple quite by chance at a beatnik nightclub in Greenwich Village while on a family Christmas visit to New York City ; Schary hired them on the spot to compose his film's musical score. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

beatmix beatmixing beatnickery beatnik artists beatnik counterculture beatnik era