Dictionary entry details
• STYLE (noun)
Meaning:
A particular kind (as to appearance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
this style of shoe is in demand
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Meaning:
How something is done or how it happens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
way; mode; manner; fashion; style
Context examples:
her dignified manner / his rapid manner of talking / their nomadic mode of existence / in the characteristic New York style / a lonely way of life / in an abrasive fashion
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "style"):
wise (a way of doing or being)
signature; touch (a distinguishing style)
setup (the way something is organized or arranged)
life style; life-style; lifestyle; modus vivendi (a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes)
form (a particular mode in which something is manifested)
fit (the manner in which something fits)
drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
expressive style; style
Context example:
all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "style"):
officialese (the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure)
pathos (a style that has the power to evoke feelings)
prose (matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression)
rhetoric (using language effectively to please or persuade)
coarseness; saltiness (language or humor that is down-to-earth)
self-expression (the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities))
sesquipedality (using long words)
terseness (a neatly short and concise expressive style)
turn of expression; turn of phrase (a distinctive spoken or written expression)
vein (a distinctive style or manner)
verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)
genre; literary genre; writing style (a style of expressing yourself in writing)
poetry (any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling)
genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)
delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)
legalese (a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law)
allegory (an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor)
analysis (the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., 'the father of the bride' instead of 'the bride's father')
bathos (triteness or triviality of style)
black humor; black humour (the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect)
device (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)
eloquence; fluency; smoothness (powerful and effective language)
euphuism (any artificially elegant style of language)
flatness (a want of animation or brilliance)
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
grandiloquence; grandiosity; magniloquence; ornateness; rhetoric (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation)
headlinese (using the abbreviated style of headline writers)
jargon (specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject)
journalese (the style in which newspapers are written)
Meaning:
Distinctive and stylish elegance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dash; panache; flair; elan; style
Context example:
he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Meaning:
The popular taste at a given time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
vogue; trend; style
Context examples:
leather is the latest vogue / he followed current trends / the 1920s had a style of their own
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness; taste (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "style"):
bandwagon (a popular trend that attracts growing support)
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
New Look (a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt)
Meaning:
(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Meronyms (parts of "style"):
stigma (the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "style"):
stylopodium (an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae)
Holonyms ("style" is a part of...):
pistil (the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma)
Meaning:
Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)
Meaning:
A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stylus; style
Context example:
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Meaning:
A slender bristlelike or tubular process
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Context example:
a cartilaginous style
Hypernyms ("style" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "style"):
stylet (small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade)
• STYLE (verb)
Meaning:
Designate by an identifying term
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
style; title
Context example:
They styled their nation 'The Confederate States'
Hypernyms (to "style" is one way to...):
call; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make consistent with a certain fashion or style
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
Style my hair / style the dress
Hypernyms (to "style" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Domain category:
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "style"):
pompadour (style women's hair in a pompadour)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They style their hair
Meaning:
Make consistent with certain rules of style
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
style a manuscript
Hypernyms (to "style" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
