style
noun
1 style
How something is done or how it happens:
— In the characteristic New York style.
synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, way.
Roget 558:
engraving,
chalcography†;
line engraving,
mezzotint engraving,
stipple engraving,
chalk engraving;
dry point,
bur;
etching,
aquatinta†;
chiseling;
plate engraving,
copperplate engraving,
steel engraving,
wood engraving;
xylography,
lignography†,
glyptography†,
cerography†,
lithography,
chromolithography†,
photolithography,
zincography†,
glyphography,
xylograph,
lignograph†,
glyptograph†,
cerograph†,
lithograph,
chromolithograph,
photolithograph,
zincograph†,
glyphograph†,
holograph.
impression,
print,
engraving,
plate;
steelplate,
copperplate;
etching;
mezzotint,
aquatint,
lithotint†;
cut,
woodcut;
stereotype,
graphotype†,
autotype†,
heliotype†.
graver,
burin†,
etching point,
style;
plate,
stone,
wood block,
negative;
die,
punch,
stamp.
printing;
plate printing,
copperplate printing,
anastatic printing†,
color printing,
lithographic printing;
type printing
etc.
591;
three-color process.
illustration,
illumination;
half tone;
photogravure;
vignette,
initial letter,
cul de lampe [Fr.],
tailpiece.
[person who inscribes on stone]
lapidary,
lapidarian.
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Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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Roget 590:
writing
etc.
v.;
chirography,
stelography†,
cerography†;
penmanship,
craftmanship†;
quill driving;
typewriting.
writing,
manuscript,
MS. ,
literae scriptae [Lat.];
these presents.
stroke of the pen,
dash of the pen;
coupe de plume;
line;
headline;
pen and ink.
letter
etc.
561;
uncial writing,
cuneiform character,
arrowhead,
Ogham,
Runes,
hieroglyphic;
contraction;
Brahmi†,
Devanagari,
Nagari;
script.
shorthand;
stenography,
brachygraphy†,
tachygraphy†;
secret writing,
writing in cipher;
cryptography,
stenography;
phonography†,
pasigraphy†,
Polygraphy†,
logography†.
copy;
transcript,
rescript;
rough copy,
fair copy;
handwriting;
signature,
sign manual;
autograph,
monograph,
holograph;
hand,
fist.
calligraphy;
good hand,
running hand,
flowing hand,
cursive hand,
legible hand,
bold hand.
cacography†,
griffonage†,
barbouillage†;
bad hand,
cramped hand,
crabbed hand,
illegible hand;
scribble
etc.
v.;
pattes de mouche [Fr.];
ill-formed letters;
pothooks and hangers.
stationery;
pen,
quill,
goose quill;
pencil,
style;
paper,
foolscap,
parchment,
vellum,
papyrus,
tablet,
slate,
marble,
pillar,
table;
blackboard;
ink bottle,
ink horn,
ink pot,
ink stand,
ink well;
typewriter.
transcription
etc.
(copy)
21;
inscription
etc.
(record)
551;
superscription
etc.
(indication)
550;
graphology.
composition,
authorship;
cacoethes scribendi [Lat.];
graphoidea†,
graphomania†;
phrenoia†.
writer,
scribe,
amanuensis,
scrivener,
secretary,
clerk,
penman,
copyist,
transcriber,
quill driver;
stenographer,
typewriter,
typist;
writer for the press
etc.
(author)
593.
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Roget 569:
style,
diction,
phraseology,
wording;
manner,
strain;
composition;
mode of expression,
choice of words;
mode of speech,
literary power,
ready pen,
pen of a ready writer;
command of language
etc.
(eloquence)
582;
authorship;
la morgue litteraire [Fr.].
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Roget 852:
fashion,
style,
ton,
bon ton†,
society;
good society,
polite society;
monde [Fr.];
drawing-room,
civilized life,
civilization,
town,
beau monde [Fr.],
high life,
court;
world;
fashionable world,
gay world;
Vanity Fair;
show
etc.
(ostentation)
822.
manners,
breeding
etc.
(politeness)
894;
air,
demeanor
etc.
(appearance)
448;
savoir faire [Fr.];
gentlemanliness†,
gentility,
decorum,
propriety,
biens_eance [Fr.];
conventions of society;
Mrs.
Grundy;
punctilio;
form,
formality;
etiquette,
point of etiquette;
dress
etc.
225.
custom
etc.
613;
mode,
vogue,
go;
rage
etc.
(desire)
865;
prevailing taste;
fad,
trend,
bandwagon,
furore†,
thing,
in thing,
craze,
chic,
last word.
man of fashion,
woman of fashion,
man of the world,
woman of the world;
height of fashion,
pink of fashion,
star of fashion,
glass of fashion,
leader of fashion;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]
etc.
(taste)
850;
the beautiful people,
the fashion set,
upper ten thousand
etc.
(nobility)
875;
elite
etc.
(distinction)
873;
smart set;
the four hundred [U.S.];
in crowd.
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Roget 566:
phrase,
expression,
set phrase;
sentence,
paragraph;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
idiom,
idiotism†;
turn of expression;
style.
paraphrase
etc.
(synonym)
522;
periphrase
etc.
(circumlocution)
573;
motto
etc.
(proverb)
496†.
phraseology
etc.
569.
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Roget 564:
nomenclature;
naming
etc.
v.;
nuncupation†,
nomination,
baptism;
orismology†;
onomatopoeia;
antonomasia†.
name;
appelation†,
appelative†;
designation,
title;
heading,
rubric;
caption;
denomination;
by-name,
epithet.
style,
proper name;
praenomen [Lat.],
agnomen†,
cognomen;
patronymic,
surname;
cognomination†;
eponym;
compellation†,
description,
antonym;
empty title,
empty name;
handle to one's name;
namesake.
term,
expression,
noun;
byword;
convertible terms
etc.
522;
technical term;
cant
etc.
563.
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Roget 556:
painting;
depicting;
drawing
etc.
v.;
design;
perspective,
sciagraphy†,
skiagraphy†;
chiaroscuro
etc.
(light)
420;
composition;
treatment.
historical painting,
portrait painting,
miniature painting;
landscape painting,
marine painting;
still life,
flower painting,
scene painting;
scenography†.
school,
style;
the grand style,
high art,
genre,
portraiture;
ornamental art
etc.
847.
monochrome,
polychrome;
grisaille [Fr.].
pallet,
palette;
easel;
brush,
pencil,
stump;
black lead,
charcoal,
crayons,
chalk,
pastel;
paint
etc.
(coloring matter)
428;
watercolor,
body color,
oil color;
oils,
oil paint;
varnish
etc.
356.1,
priming;
gouache,
tempera,
distemper,
fresco,
water glass;
enamel;
encaustic painting;
mosaic;
tapestry.
photography,
heliography,
color photography;
sun painting;
graphics,
computer graphics.
picture,
painting,
piece [Fr.],
tableau,
canvas;
oil painting
&c.;
fresco,
cartoon;
easel picture,
cabinet picture,
draught,
draft;
pencil drawing
&c.,
water color drawing,
etching,
charcoal,
pen-and-ink;
sketch,
outline,
study.
photograph,
color photograph,
black-and-white photograph,
holograph,
heliograph;
daguerreotype,
talbotype†,
calotype†,
heliotype†;
negative,
positive;
print,
glossy print,
matte print;
enlargement,
reduction,
life-size print;
instant photo,
Polaroid photo.
technicolor,
Kodachrome,
Ektachrome;
Polaroid.
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
whole length,
full length,
half length;
kitcat,
head;
miniature;
shade,
silhouette;
profile.
landscape,
seapiece†;
view,
scene,
prospect;
panorama,
diorama;
still life.
picture gallery,
exhibit;
studio,
atelier;
pinacotheca†.
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Roget 114:
chronometry,
horometry†,
horology;
date,
epoch;
style,
era.
almanac,
calendar,
ephemeris;
register,
registry;
chronicle,
annals,
journal,
diary.
[Instruments for the measurement of time]
chronogram;
clock,
wall clock,
pendulum clock,
grandfather's clock,
cuckoo clock,
alarm clock,
clock radio;
watch,
wristwatch,
pocket watch,
stopwatch,
Swiss watch;
atomic clock,
digital clock,
analog clock,
quartz watch,
water clock;
chronometer,
chronoscope†,
chronograph;
repeater;
timekeeper,
timepiece;
dial,
sundial,
gnomon,
horologe,
pendulum,
hourglass,
clepsydra†;
ghurry†.
chronographer†,
chronologer,
chronologist,
timekeeper;
annalist.
calendar year,
leap year,
Julian calendar,
Gregorian calendar,
Chinese calendar,
Jewish calendar,
perpetual calendar,
Farmer's almanac,
fiscal year.
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Roget 7:
state,
condition,
category,
estate,
lot,
ease,
trim,
mood,
pickle,
plight,
temper;
aspect
etc.
(appearance)
448,
dilemma,
pass,
predicament.
constitution,
habitude,
diathesis†;
frame,
fabric
etc.
329;
stamp,
set,
fit,
mold,
mould.
mode,
modality,
schesis†;
form
etc.
(shape)
240.
tone,
tenor,
turn;
trim,
guise,
fashion,
light,
complexion,
style,
character.
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Dutch: mode, aanpak, manier, modus, stijl, trant, wijs, wijze
Polish: styl, stylistyka, genre, estetyka, konwencja
2 style
A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period:
— All the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper.
synonym: expressive style.
Polish: styl, język
3 style
A particular kind (as to appearance).
Dutch: genre, stijl, vormgeving
4 style
The popular taste at a given time:
— The 1920s had a style of their own.
synonyms: trend, vogue.
5 style
botany The narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma.
Dutch: stijl
Polish: owocolistek
6 style
Editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display.
7 style
Distinctive and stylish elegance.
synonyms: dash, elan, flair, panache.
Dutch: bevalligheid, elegance, elegantie, gratie, klasse, sierlijkheid, stijl, zwier, élégance
8 style
A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
synonym: stylus.
Dutch: griffel, etsnaald, naald, schrijfstift
Polish: stylo
9 style
A slender bristlelike or tubular process.
verb
1 style
Designate by an identifying term:
— They styled their nation `The Confederate States'.
synonym: title.
Roget 564:
name,
call,
term,
denominate designate,
style,
entitle,
clepe†,
dub,
christen,
baptize,
characterize,
specify,
define,
distinguish by the name of;
label
etc.
(mark)
550.
be called
etc.
v.;
take the name of,
bean the name of,
go by the name of,
be known by the name of,
go under the name of,
pass under the name of,
rejoice in the name of.
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2 style
Make consistent with a certain fashion or style.
3 style
Make consistent with certain rules of style.
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tastefulness, tautonym, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technicality, technique, tendency, tenor, term, the drill, the grand style, the how, the like of, the likes of, the plain style, the sublime, the way of, theme, thing, threads, timing, title, togs, toilette, tone, torus, total effect, touch, traditionalism, trait, treatment, trend, tribe, trick, trim, trinomen, trinomial name, tubercle, tubercule, turn, twig, twist, type, unism, variety, vein, verruca, vesicle, vestment, vesture, view, viewpoint, virtuosity, vocabulary, vocation, vogue, vorticism, wale, wart, way, way of life, ways, weakness, wear, wearing apparel, welt, wise, wit, wizardry, word, wording, workmanship ... show more.
styled
Moby thesaurus: called, christened, couched, denominate, denominated, designated, dubbed, expressed, formulated, identified as, known as, named, phrased, presented, put, termed, titled, worded, yclept.
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