Style definition

Style as a noun

1. how something is done or how it happens

   "in the characteristic New York style"

   Same sense: way, fashion, mode, manner

2. 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"

   Same sense: expressive style

3. a particular kind (as to appearance)

   "this style of shoe is in demand"

4. the popular taste at a given time

   "the 1920s had a style of their own"

   Same sense: trend, vogue

5. (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

6. editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

7. distinctive and stylish elegance

   Same sense: dash, flair, elan, panache

8. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

   Same sense: stylus

9. a slender bristlelike or tubular process

   "a cartilaginous style"

Style as a verb

10. designate by an identifying term

    "They styled their nation ‘The Confederate States’"

    Same sense: title

11. make consistent with a certain fashion or style

    "Style my hair"

12. make consistent with certain rules of style

    "style a manuscript"

Synonyms and antonyms

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

How to say style

Style has 1 syllable and rhymes with while. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with style

• while
• profile
• file
• smile
• mile
• meanwhile
• lifestyle
• pile
• awhile
• exile
• isle
• freestyle

All 48 words that rhyme with style

STYLE in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

Is STYLE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STYLE in the word checker, or unscramble STYLE to see the shorter words in its letters.