styles
Ways of expression
Styles is the plural of style—distinct ways of doing, making, or presenting things.
Fashion has styles, writing has styles, architecture has styles.
She tried several styles before finding one that suited her.
In computing, styles are formatting rules applied to documents: The stylesheet defines heading styles.
To style something is to design or arrange it: She styles hair for a living.
Custom high-fashion design
- runwayPaved path for planes
- hauteFrench for high
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
tailoring · garments · apparel · wardrobe · prêt-à-porter · catwalk · accessories · boutique
Stylish natural aptitude
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- presenceState of being somewhere
mannerism · signature · distinctive · idiosyncratic · individualistic · flamboyant · understated · edgy
Unversified language
rhetorical · descriptive · expository · persuasive · journalistic · academic · literary · conversational
Advocate of experimental forms
- industrialOf factories and production
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- contemporaryOf the present age
- rusticRural and unrefined
traditional · eclectic · colonial · Victorian · craftsman · Mediterranean · minimalist · ornate
Improvisational American music genre
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- rockSolid earthen material
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- bluesMournful American music genre
folk · pop · reggae · funk · soul · country · electronic · punk
Style prioritizing perception
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- realismAccepting things as they are
- abstractCondensed version of text
expressionism · dadaism · baroque · gothic · minimalism · romanticism · neoclassical · modernism
couture
Custom high-fashion design
- runwayPaved path for planes
- hauteFrench for high
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
ensemble · tailoring · garments · apparel · wardrobe · prêt-à-porter · catwalk · accessories · boutique · textiles
flair
Stylish natural aptitude
presence · mannerism · signature · distinctive · idiosyncratic · individualistic · flamboyant · understated · edgy · classic
prose
Unversified language
tone · rhetorical · descriptive · expository · persuasive · journalistic · academic · literary · conversational · formal
modernist
Advocate of experimental forms
- industrialOf factories and production
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- contemporaryOf the present age
rustic · traditional · eclectic · colonial · Victorian · craftsman · Mediterranean · minimalist · ornate · functional
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
blues · folk · pop · reggae · funk · soul · country · electronic · punk · grunge
impressionism
Style prioritizing perception
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- realismAccepting things as they are
abstract · expressionism · dadaism · baroque · gothic · minimalism · romanticism · neoclassical · modernism · postmodernism
- things that clashcolors, patterns, stripes, plaids, prints
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- document editingMicrosoft Word, Google Docs, word processors, formatting, text editors
- Office SoftwareMicrosoft Office, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, spreadsheet, word processor
- portrait galleryoil portraits, self-portraits, royal portraits, family portraits, miniatures
stylesgenericness
Quality of being unspecific
plainness · blandness · formlessness · featurelessness · indistinctiveness
stylessubstance
Physical material with mass
content · essence · nature · naturalness · artlessness
stylesuniformity
State of being identical
sameness · homogeneity · conformity · standardization · monotony
- out of styleNo longer in vogue
- in styleFashionably current
- granny styleArchaic throwing method
- individual styleOne's distinctive manner
- boho styleRelaxed artistic fashion aesthetic
- leadership stylesMethods of guiding groups
style, stylish, styling, styled, stylist, unstylish, stylize, stylishly, stylishness