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style

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of style

to give a name to

although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist

Synonyms of style

baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, nominate, term, title

Words Related to style

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

code-name, nickname

rechristen, relabel, rename

style

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of style

1 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words

I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style

Synonyms of style

fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology, tone, vein

Words Related to style

address, delivery, elocution

archaism, colloquialism, regionalism

acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom

2 the means or procedure for doing something

unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval

Synonyms of style

approach, fashion, form, how, manner, method, methodology, recipe, strategy, system, tack, tactics, technique, way

Words Related to style

mode, modus operandi

blueprint, design, game, game plan, ground plan, intrigue, layout, line, model, plan, plot, program, route, scheme

expedient, move, shift, step

practice (also practise), process, routine

3 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded

Synonyms of style

buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fashion, flavor, go, hot ticket, last word, latest, mode, rage, sensation, ton, trend, vogue

Words Related to style

nine days' wonder (also nine day wonder)

crush, infatuation

fervor, passion

furor, fuss, hullabaloo, to-do, uproar

bandwagon, crusade, cult, movement

novelty, wrinkle

caprice, fancy, whim

Near Antonyms of style

classic, standard

Synonym Discussion of style

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place.

- the current fashion

style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.

- a media baron used to traveling in style

mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated.

- slim bodies are the mode at this resort

vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion.

- short skirts are back in vogue

fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.

- last year's fad is over

rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.

- Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
- crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted

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