bohemian

1. 1.

   of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
2. 2.

   unconventional in especially appearance and behavior

   “a bohemian life style”

   Similarunconventional

Other forms of bohemian

plural

bohemians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bohemian

What does bohemian mean?

bohemian means "a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bohemian?

bohemian has 4 syllables: bo-he-mi-an. The stress falls on "he". In IPA it is /boʊˈhimiən/.

What is another word for bohemian?

Close synonyms include Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani. 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 bohemian a common word?

bohemian is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.