vibe
noun · verb
Simple meaning
An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
vybIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvaɪb
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
informaloriginally new age jargonoften in the plural
An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
informalpreceded by the
Something that is good, trendy, pleasant, or atmospheric; a thing or person with a good vibe.
informal
A vibrator (sex toy).
informal
Vibration.
plural onlycolloquial
A vibraphone.
verb
intransitivecolloquial
To relax and enjoy oneself.
intransitivecolloquialwith with
To get along; to hit it off.
transitivecolloquial
To feel in agreement with; to appreciate or enjoy.
transitivecolloquial
To stimulate with a vibrator.
intransitivecolloquial
To agree.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
Used this way, vibe is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Playful
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
- Everyday conversation
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.
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