stylish
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stylish
Explanation
A stylish person is someone who has a bold sense of fashion, like a queen with flowing robes and gowns, or your friend who always wears the best-looking jeans. Stylish can describe polite and elegant manners, or it can describe dressing with the current fashion trends, like you walked off the pages of a magazine. The word style makes up the bulk of stylish, and stylish people are in tune with all the latest styles of dress. The suffix ish- can mean “belonging to” and also “addicted to,” and stylish people sometimes do have an addiction to clothes.
Vocabulary lists containing stylish
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ish
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Homesick
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Example Sentences
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He was styled by Prinz Innovation to represent his on-screen persona of wealthy and stylish.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Chunky bands and rings are all the rage, stylish enough that they don’t look like tech—until you spot the glow from their skin-facing sensors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Alphabet reports staggering Q1 earnings, Bill Ackman’s IPO is a bust, and Palintir is selling a branded but stylish chorecoat.
From Slate • May 2, 2026
According to multiple reports, Reynolds and Lively have a condo in a stylish Tribeca building.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
I picked it because it had a rather stylish embossed dragon on the cover, but when I started reading I discovered it was an educated investigation into several common myths.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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