Standard Lemma guide

stylish

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S T AY1 L IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chic

Antonyms: unstylish

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

being or in accordance with current social fashions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fashionable clothing
  • the fashionable side of town
  • a fashionable cafe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fashionable

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey
  • the stylish resort of Gstadd

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fashionable

Antonyms: styleless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English style Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English stylish From style + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: стилен (stilen) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Bulgarian: елегантен (eleganten) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 優雅 /优雅 (yōuyǎ) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高雅 (gāoyǎ) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Czech: stylový — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Czech: elegantní — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Dutch: stijlvol — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Estonian: maitsekas — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Finnish: tyylikäs — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • French: élégant — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • French: stylé — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Galician: elegante — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • German: stilvoll — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • German: elegant — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • German: stylisch — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Hungarian: ízléses — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Hungarian: elegáns — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Hungarian: divatos — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Indonesian: bergaya — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Irish: galánta — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Latin: auctor — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Māori: tōrire — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Plautdietsch: schekjlich — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Polish: stylowy — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Portuguese: estiloso — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Romanian: elegant — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Romanian: stilat — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Russian: стильный (stilʹnyj) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Scottish Gaelic: fasanta — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Spanish: estiloso — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Spanish: glaxo — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Spanish: chingo — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Spanish: chango — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Tamil: ஸ்டைலான (sṭailāṉa) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
  • Ukrainian: сти́льний (stýlʹnyj) — having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress