style

Meanings

• how something is done or how it happens
  • "in the characteristic New York style"
• a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
  • "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
• a particular kind (as to appearance)
  • "this style of shoe is in demand"
• the popular taste at a given time
  • "the 1920s had a style of their own"
• (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
• editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
• distinctive and stylish elegance
• a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
• a slender bristlelike or tubular process
  • "a cartilaginous style"
• designate by an identifying term
  • "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
• make consistent with a certain fashion or style
  • "Style my hair"
  • "style the dress"
• make consistent with certain rules of style
  • "style a manuscript"

Synonyms

dash, elan, expressive style, fashion, flair, manner, mode, panache, stylus, title, trend, vogue, way