bohemian
Free-spirited creative
A bohemian is someone who lives an unconventional, artistic life, rejecting bourgeois values in favor of creative freedom and casual attitudes toward money and social norms.
The term evokes artists, writers, and musicians living cheaply in garrets, prioritizing art over respectability: She fell in with a bohemian crowd in the Village.
As an adjective, bohemian describes this lifestyle or aesthetic: a bohemian apartment full of mismatched furniture and half-finished canvases. (Capitalized Bohemian refers to the Czech region or its people.)
Rejects prevailing social standards
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
iconoclast · outsider · radical · dissenter · free-thinker · beatnik · hippie · hipster
Uninhibited by social expectations
- carefreeFree from anxiety
- wandererRootless, roving person
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- itinerantMoving for work
nomadic · roaming · drifter · transient · rootless · unattached · spontaneous · adventurous
One who applies pigment
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- writerCreator of texts
- poetWriter of verse
- musicianOne who performs melodies
canvas · atelier · garret · easel · gallery · salon · portrait · sketch
Deriving from varied sources
- vintageQuality from past eras
- thriftedBought used, cheaply
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- flowingMoving continuously onward
paisley · embroidered · fringed · beaded · patchwork · macramé · tapestry · candles
Doctrine of personal independence
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- freedomAbsence of constraint
idealism · romanticism · existentialism · liberation · open-mindedness · creativity · originality · passion
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
rebel · iconoclast · outsider · radical · dissenter · free-thinker · beatnik · hippie · hipster · punk
free-spirited
Uninhibited by social expectations
itinerant · nomadic · roaming · drifter · transient · rootless · unattached · spontaneous · adventurous · uninhibited
painter
One who applies pigment
musician · canvas · atelier · garret · easel · gallery · salon · portrait · sketch · muse
eclectic
Deriving from varied sources
flowing · paisley · embroidered · fringed · beaded · patchwork · macramé · tapestry · candles · incense
individualism
Doctrine of personal independence
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
freedom · idealism · romanticism · existentialism · liberation · open-mindedness · creativity · originality · passion · spirituality
- fashion trendsvintage fashion, retro fashion, retro style, vintage, retro
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
- fashion termsstyle, fashion week, runway, catwalk, runway shows
- aesthetic stylesminimalism, vintage, retro, industrial, rustic
- culturesAmerican culture, African culture, Asian culture, British culture, Canadian culture
bohemianbourgeois
Middle-class and conventional
careerist · materialist · yuppie · conventional · suburban
bohemianconformist
One following accepted norms
conventional · orthodox · conservative · straight · square
bohemianphilistine
Art-dismissing ignoramus
uncultured · middlebrow · mainstream · bourgeois · square
- Bohemian RhapsodyQueen's operatic rock suite
- bohemian lifeUnconventional artistic lifestyle
- bohemian styleArtistic, nonconformist aesthetic approach
- bohemian lifestyleArtistic life rejecting convention
- bohemian dressLoose artistic flowing garment
- bohemian cultureNonconformist artistic way of living