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Synonyms
style (stīl)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]

noun 

  1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
  2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
  3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.
  4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.
    1. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.
    2. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.
    1. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.
    2. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See synonyms at fashion
  7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.
  8. A form of address; a title.
    1. An implement used for etching or engraving.
    2. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.
  10. The needle of a phonograph.
  11. The gnomon of a sundial.
  12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.
  13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.
  14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.
  15. Obsolete A pen.

transitive verb: styled, styl·ing, styles. 

  1. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.
  2. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.
  3. To give style to: style hair.

derivatives

styĺer
noun
styĺing
noun