| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashion, manner |
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appearance, approach, bearing, behavior, carriage, characteristic, cup of tea, custom, cut*, description, design, druthers, flash*, form, genre, groove*, habit, hand, idiosyncrasy, kind, method, mode, number, pattern, peculiarity, rage*, sort, spirit, strain, technique, tenor, thing*, tone, trait, trend, type, variety, vein, vogue, way |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionableness |
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chichi*, comfort, cosmopolitanism, craze, dash, delicacy, dernier cri, dressiness, ease, elegance, fad, flair, grace, grandeur, luxury, mode, panache, polish, rage, refinement, savoir-faire, smartness, sophistication, stylishness, taste, thing*, urbanity, vogue, élan |
Antonyms: |
unstylishness |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself |
Synonyms: |
diction, expression, mode of expression, phraseology, phrasing, treatment, turn of phrase, vein, wording |
| Main Entry: | style |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name, title |
Synonyms: |
address, baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, term |
| Concept: | Style. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
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 (eloquence); authorship; la morgue littéraire.
-verbs
express by words; write.
-phrases
le style est l'homme même [Buffon]; "style is the dress of thoughts " [Chesterfield].
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| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
Synonyms: |
attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | architecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design, structure of something |
Synonyms: |
composition, constitution, construction, formation, framework, make-up, style |
| Main Entry: | artistry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great skill in creative endeavors |
Synonyms: |
ability, accomplishment, artfulness, brilliance, craftship, creativity, finesse, flair, genius, mastery, proficiency, style, talent, taste, touch, virtuosity, workmanship |
Antonyms: |
inability, incapacity, ineptitude |
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical attractiveness |
Synonyms: |
adorableness, allure, allurement, artistry, attraction, bloom, charm, class, comeliness, delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, good looks, grace, handsomeness, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, refinement, shapeliness, style, symmetry, winsomeness |
Antonyms: |
homeliness, offensiveness, ugliness |
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
Synonyms: |
act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |