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View synonyms for stylist

stylist

[ stahy-list ]

noun

  1. a writer or speaker who is skilled in or who cultivates a literary style.
  2. a designer or consultant in a field subject to changes in style, especially hairdressing, clothing, or interior decoration.
  3. a person who cultivates or maintains any particular style.


stylist

/ ˈstaɪlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who performs, writes, or acts with attention to style
  2. a designer of clothes, décor, etc
  3. a hairdresser who styles hair
  4. a designer whose job is to coordinate the style of products, advertising material, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stylist1

First recorded in 1785–95; style + -ist

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Example Sentences

Coleman later revealed that much to her dismay on set of the film, stylists had done her hair “very poorly.”

When we launched, I sent masks out to all the stylists, editors, and celebrities with whom I had strong existing relationships from my jewelry business and asked them to try out the masks, and it sort of just took off.

From Fortune

She looked for a stylist on Instagram who was taking one-on-one appointments, and went in for shoulder-length passion twists.

From Vox

In June, the retailer announced a plan to lay off 1,400 employees, though the company has said this was part of a strategy to hire stylists in other, lower-cost regions.

From Fortune

They created a mobile marketplace for stylists that helps them communicate directly with their clients, including about specials they might be offering.

Take stylist and fashion blogger Jenny Greenstein of Your Soul Style.

Longtime fashion editor and stylist Taylor Tomasi-Hill left a high-profile gig to explore her passion for flowers.

For many of these players, however, joining the fashion world meant much more than simply getting new clothes or a stylist.

Who better to turn to for the Kentucky Derby than Red Smith, that elegant stylist widely considered our finest sports columnist.

It allegedly had something to do with his engagement to his ex-stylist Tameka Foster.

Burke's American Orations present him at his best as a statesman, an orator, and a stylist.

This may be seen by a reference to Leopardi, who is perhaps the greatest stylist of the century.

Only last summer, we found a freight conductor thumbing his “Sartor Resartus,” and discussing Carlyle as a stylist.

They deliver the "story" as best they can, and a more skillful stylist completes the job.

He did indeed prove himself to be a great stylist in more than one poem, such as Childe Roland—which he wrote almost at a sitting.

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