Meanings
verbstylize (third-person singular simple present stylizes, present participle stylizing, simple past and past participle stylized)
present singular third person stylizes · participle present stylizing · participle past stylized · past stylized · alternative Commonwealth stylise
- transitiveTo represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbrepresent according to a conventional style
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Origin
- Germanstilisieren
- Englishstylize
From style + -ize. Probably from German stilisieren.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan estilitzar
- estilitzarto represent in a particular style
French styliser
- styliserto represent in a particular style
Portuguese estilizar, estilizar
- estilizarto represent in a particular style
- estilizarto represent abstractly in a conventional manner
Spanish estilizar, estilizar
- estilizarto represent in a particular style
- estilizarto represent abstractly in a conventional manner
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APA
stylize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylize
MLA
“stylize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stylize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylize.
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