stylize

verb

styl·​ize ˈstī(-ə)-ˌlīz 

stylized; stylizing

transitive verb

: to conform to a conventional style

specifically : to represent or design according to a style or stylistic pattern rather than according to nature or tradition

stylization

ˌstī-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

Examples of stylize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is an art to stylizing a position of interrogation in excess of its biomechanics, an art to how lockstep beats a cadence while a unit swells into an enveloping arc. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Nobody is trying to do anything stylized or performative; everyone is trying to get at the truth of the character. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Once outside the walls of Buddyland and into the surrounding wilderness, Kelly shifts from boxy TV framing and video texture to a cinematic widescreen ratio, but the milieu still seems half-real, half-stylized. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Elsewhere in the concrete jungle, Wood and his team also had to build and stylize another part of New York through Yelena’s (Florence Pugh) elaborate bathhouse, built from scratch and based on spaces Wood discovered while scouting the city. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stylize

• advise
• applies
• apprise
• arise
• assize
• baptize
• belies
• bitwise
• capsize
• chastise
• chordwise
• clockwise

Kids Definition

stylize

verb

styl·​ize ˈstī(ə)l-ˌīz 

stylized; stylizing

: to represent or design according to a style or pattern rather than according to nature or tradition