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-style
1- a combining form of style ( defs 14, 15 ):
blastostyle.
-style
2- a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words:
orthostyle; urostyle.
style
3[ stahyl ]
noun
- a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting:
They do these things in a grand style.
- a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
- an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living:
to live in style.
- a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
Synonyms: chic
- the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking by selecting and arranging words, considered with respect to clearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that is characteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc.:
to write in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous, pedantic style.
- those components or features of a literary composition that have to do with the form of expression rather than the content of the thought expressed:
His writing is all style and no substance.
- manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation:
a patronizing style of addressing others.
- a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work:
Her painting is beginning to show a personal style.
Synonyms: mark, characteristic, touch
- a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, especially a legal, official, or recognized title:
a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co.
- the gnomon of a sundial.
- a method of reckoning time. Compare New Style, old style ( def 2 ).
- Zoology. a small, pointed process or part.
- Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.
- the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication.
verb (used with object)
- to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call:
The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
- to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style:
to style an evening dress; to style one's hair.
- to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to:
Please style this manuscript.
verb (used without object)
- to do decorative work with a style or stylus.
style
/ staɪl /
noun
- a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make
a new style of house
- the way in which something is done
good or bad style
- the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc
- a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc
- elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc
- prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc
- a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence
to live in style
- the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house
- the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm
- botany the stalk of a carpel, bearing the stigma
- zoology a slender pointed structure, such as the piercing mouthparts of certain insects
- another word for stylus
- the arm of a sundial
verb
- to design, shape, or tailor
to style hair
- to adapt or make suitable (for)
- to make consistent or correct according to a printing or publishing style
- to name or call; designate
to style a man a fool
- intr to decorate objects using a style or stylus
style
/ stīl /
- The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
- See more at flower
Derived Forms
- ˈstyler, noun
- ˈstylar, adjective
Other Words From
- styleless adjective
- styleless·ness noun
- stylelike adjective
- anti·style noun
- counter·style noun
- mis·style verb misstyled misstyling
- re·style verb restyled restyling
- un·styled adjective
- well-styled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of -style1
Word History and Origins
Origin of -style1
Idioms and Phrases
- go out of style, to become unfashionable:
The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago.
- in style, fashionable.
More idioms and phrases containing -style
see cramp someone's style ; go out (of style) ; in fashion (style) .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
These are big absentees for a team playing in such an open style, especially Van de Ven, whose pace is so crucial to Postecoglou's favoured high line.
Slot's calm demeanour and analytical, meticulous approach, differs from Klopp's more emotion-driven style: low-key waves to Liverpool fans replacing the frantic fist pumps.
But Pacquiao had style and substance and a swagger that was somewhat more confidently good-natured than cocky.
It is a trait that some say he learned from his father, who was known for his charismatic yet combative leadership style, and who is famous for his catchphrase of "just watch me," which he glibly told a reporter at the height of a political crisis.
It was a strikingly different style of royal communication, unashamedly about love and togetherness - and they've used it again for the Christmas card.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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