-wave

See also: wave and WAVE

English

Etymology

Likely derived from new wave, and popularized by the terms chillwave and vaporwave.

Suffix

-wave

1. Applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics.

   ‎chill + ‎-wave → ‎chillwave

   ‎dark + ‎-wave → ‎darkwave

   ‎vapor + ‎-wave → ‎vaporwave

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -wave

chillwave

darkwave

dolewave

electrowave

fashwave

lostwave

Simpsonwave

Sovietwave

synthwave

tavernwave

terrorwave

Trumpwave

vaporwave

Related terms

• -core
• -step