n. 1 type, kind, variety, category, genre, sort, manner, mode, make, design, fashion, look, period, pattern, configuration, line, cut, shape, form That style of jacket looks really good on you They are planning to build the house in the pointed Gothic style. 2 fashion, trend, vogue, mode, look, rage, craze, Colloq fad, (latest) thing The current style is for shorter skirts 3 luxury, high style, comfort, opulence, splendour, elegance Now that he's won all that money, they live in style on the Costa Smeralda 4 chic, stylishness, taste, smartness, flair, dash, élan, panache, cachet, tastefulness, fashionableness, elegance, refinement, polish, sophistication, sophisticatedness, cosmopolitanism, Colloq pizazz; ritziness Irena has more style in her little finger than you have in your whole body 5 quality, character, mode of expression, approach, treatment, vein, colouring, spirit, mood, form, technique; tenor, tone, wording, phraseology, phrasing, language, vocabulary, word choice, diction, sentence structure The pointillist style of painting appeals to many His style of writing is reminiscent of Stevenson's. 6 in style. See stylish, below.
v. 7 characterize, designate, denominate, call, name, term, label, tag, brand The use of the indicative for the subjunctive is no longer styled a solecism in British English 8 fashion, design, arrange, set, do, cut, tailor, shape, form Antoine styled my hair in a page-boy for the reception