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bohemian

(boʊhiːmiən)
Word forms: plural bohemians
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use bohemian to describe artistic people who live in an unconventional way.
...a bohemian writer.
...bohemian café society.
...the bohemian lifestyle of the French capital.
A bohemian is someone who lives in a bohemian way.
I am a bohemian. I have no roots.

Bohemian

(bəhiːmiən)
adjective
Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
Synonyms: unconventional, alternative, artistic, exotic More Synonyms of Bohemian
More Synonyms of Bohemian

Bohemian in British English

(bəʊˈhiːmɪən)
noun
1. 
a native or inhabitant of Bohemia, esp of the old kingdom of Bohemia; a Czech
2. (often not capital)
a person, esp an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional life
3. 
the Czech language
adjective
4. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of Bohemia, its people, or their language
5. 
unconventional in appearance, behaviour, etc

Bohemian in American English

(boʊˈhimiən; boʊˈhimjən)
noun
1. 
a person born or living in Bohemia
2. 
Czech1 (sense 2)
3. 
a Gypsy
4.  [usually b-]
a person, esp. an artist, poet, etc., who lives in an unconventional, nonconforming way
adjective
5. 
of Bohemia or its people, language, or culture; Czech
6.  [usually b-]
like or characteristic of a bohemian
Derived forms
Bohemianism (Boˈhemianˌism)
noun
Word origin
(sense 3) Fr Bohémien: from the fact that the Gypsies passed through Bohemia to reach W Europe

Examples of 'Bohemian' in a sentence
Bohemian

His parents had left him some money and he lived a bohemian lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She would have been a wacky, bohemian artist with a love of the oblique.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We also live quite a bohemian existence, going to shows and things.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The family lived a bohemian existence in Montmartre.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They became a glamorous fixture of bohemian Sixties society.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We haven't adopted the more damaging aspects of truly bohemian lifestyles.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's a winning fable about a bohemian family who live in a ramshackle house next to an incomplete stretch of motorway.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Or they could change their image, and set themselves up as mysterious, bohemian artists.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's a real misconception these days that poets lead some reckless, bohemian lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But he seemed able to keep the excesses of Hollywood at bay with a bohemian lifestyle that was perhaps a reflection of a childhood on the move.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Had she been less immaculate, less glacial, Mother might well have passed for a Bohemian.
Conybeare, Stephanie A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (1989)
Those studios, although illegal, had been cheap and spacious and, in a way, Miss Melville had envied their ` Bohemian " atmosphere.
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS (1989)
It was not to be thought of... In Bohemian circles possibly.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (1989)
Since her mother's new husband was also a Bohemian, the torment had continued unabated.
Maupin, Armistead SIGNIFICANT OTHERS (1989)

In other languages
bohemian

British English: bohemian ADJECTIVE
You can use bohemian to describe artistic people who live in an unconventional way.
...a bohemian writer.
  • American English: bohemian
  • Brazilian Portuguese: boêmio
  • Chinese: 狂放不羁
  • European Spanish: bohemio
  • French: bohème
  • German: unkonventionell
  • Italian: bohémien
  • Japanese: 自由奔放な
  • Korean: 보헤미안의
  • European Portuguese: boémio
  • Latin American Spanish: bohemio

Chinese translation of 'bohemian'

bohemian

(bəuˈhiːmɪən)

adj

  1. (= writer, lifestyle) 放荡(蕩)不羁(羈)的 (fàngdàng bùjī de)

n (c)

  1. (= unconventional person) 放荡(蕩)不羁(羈)的人 (fàngdàng bùjī de rén)
(adjective) 
bohemian pre-war poets
Synonyms
unconventional
He was known for his unconventional behaviour.
alternative
Grunge percolated in the alternative music scene of Seattle.
artistic
exotic
his striking and exotic appearance
way-out (informal)
Some of his suggestions are pretty way-out.
eccentric
an eccentric character who wears a beret and sunglasses
avant-garde
avant-garde concert music
off-the-wall (slang)
surreal off-the-wall humour
unorthodox
His methods were unorthodox, and his lifestyle eccentric.
arty (informal)
oddball (informal)
offbeat
his dark, offbeat sense of humour
left bank
nonconformist
outré
outré outfits designed by art students
out there (slang)
boho
Opposites
conservative
,
square (informal)
,
conventional
,
bourgeois
,
stuffy
,
straight (slang)
,
straight-laced
,
Pooterish
(noun) 
I am a bohemian. I have no roots.
Synonyms
nonconformist
Hoover's task was to collect information on radicals and nonconformists.
rebel
She had been a rebel at school.
radical
eccentric
My other friend was a real English eccentric.
maverick
He was too much of a maverick to hold high office.
hippy
Being a hippie was about `finding yourself'.
dropout
individualist
Individualists say that you should be able to wear what you want.
beatnik
iconoclast
She was an iconoclast who refused to be bound by tradition.
boho

Additional synonyms

in the sense of alternative
Definition
of a lifestyle etc. that is less conventional or materialistic than is usual
Grunge percolated in the alternative music scene of Seattle.
Synonyms
unconventional,
unusual,
alternate (US),
abnormal,
irregular,
off-the-wall (slang),
unorthodox,
heterodox,
uncustomary
in the sense of avant-garde
Definition
using ideas or techniques in advance of those generally accepted
avant-garde concert music
Synonyms
progressive,
pioneering,
way-out (informal),
experimental,
innovative,
unconventional,
far-out (slang),
ground-breaking,
innovatory
in the sense of eccentric
Definition
unconventional or odd
an eccentric character who wears a beret and sunglasses
Synonyms
odd,
strange,
bizarre,
weird,
peculiar,
abnormal,
queer (informal),
irregular,
uncommon,
quirky,
out there (slang),
singular,
unconventional,
idiosyncratic,
off-the-wall (slang),
outlandish,
whimsical,
rum (British, slang),
capricious,
anomalous,
freakish,
aberrant,
wacko (slang, old-fashioned),
outré,
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)

Nearby words of
bohemian

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  • bogus
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  • boil
  • boil down to something
  • boil something down

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