Synonyms: style
Definition: a slender bristlelike or tubular process
Usage: a cartilaginous style
Similar words: process, appendage, outgrowth
Definition: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Usage: a bony process
Definition: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Usage: he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
Similar words: tool
Definition: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
Synonyms: elan, dash, flair, panache, style
Definition: distinctive and stylish elegance
Usage: he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Similar words: elegance
Definition: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
Usage: she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
Synonyms: way, style, manner, fashion, mode
Definition: how something is done or how it happens
Usage: her dignified manner; his rapid manner of talking; their nomadic mode of existence; in the characteristic New York style; a lonely way of life; in an abrasive fashion
Similar words: property
Definition: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
Usage: a study of the physical properties of atomic particles
Definition: the popular taste at a given time
Usage: leather is the latest vogue; he followed current trends; the 1920s had a style of their own
Similar words: taste, perceptiveness, discernment, appreciation
Definition: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Usage: arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success; to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Synonyms: style
Definition: a particular kind (as to appearance)
Usage: this style of shoe is in demand
Similar words: form, kind, sort, variety
Definition: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Usage: sculpture is a form of art; what kinds of desserts are there?
Synonyms: style
Definition: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
Similar words: direction, instruction
Definition: a message describing how something is to be done
Usage: he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Synonyms: expressive style, style
Definition: 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
Usage: all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Similar words: communication
Definition: something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
Synonyms: style
Definition: (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
Similar words: reproductive structure
Definition: the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
Synonyms: style
Definition: make consistent with certain rules of style
Usage: style a manuscript
Similar words: write
Definition: communicate or express by writing
Usage: Please write to me every week
Definition: designate by an identifying term
Usage: They styled their nation `The Confederate States'
Definition: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
Usage: They named their son David; The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Synonyms: style
Definition: make consistent with a certain fashion or style
Usage: Style my hair; style the dress
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor