restyle

verb

re·​style (ˌ)rē-ˈstī(-ə)l 

restyled; restyling

transitive verb

1

: to change or restore the style of (something or someone)

completely restyled the car's front end

restyled his hair

In her sixties, a youthful-looking [Ching] Hai has restyled herself as a blonde in patterned flowing gowns.

—Candace Sutton

2

: to call or designate (someone or something) by a new or different name

… his clever heroine, who grew up in Brooklyn as "Katya," restyles herself in 1930s Manhattan as … "Katey,"…

—Liesl Schillinger

… those doctor-scientists who were still called "alienists," eventually to be restyled as clinical psychiatrists.

—Simon Winchester

Examples of restyle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With some women’s clothing also showing increases, will skilled tailors who can restyle and spiff up used dresses, tops and pants be able to raise rates without losing customers? —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025

In general, Kate has downplayed her fashion choices and is known for re-wearing and restyling previous pieces. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025

All varieties of the enduring compact were restyled this year so there’s little difference in exterior or interior appearances — except one. —James Raia, Mercury News, 22 June 2025

One vessel was renamed the USS Robert Smalls after a former slave who aided the Union in the Civil War, and the other was restyled the USNS Marie Tharp in honor of a ground-breaking oceanographic cartographer, according to the New York Times. —Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for restyle

• argyle
• awhile
• beguile
• compile
• condyle
• defile
• erstwhile
• exile
• freestyle
• gentile
• hairstyle
• lifestyle