acid rock

1. 1.

   a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience

   Synonymspsychedelic rock

   Broaderrock 'n' roll

Questions about acid rock

What does acid rock mean?

acid rock means "a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience".

What is another word for acid rock?

Close synonyms include psychedelic rock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acid rock a common word?

acid rock is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.