Antonyms for formal
ˈfɔr məlfor·mal

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1. formalnoun

   Antonyms:
   informal

2. formalnoun

   being in accord with established forms

   Antonyms:
   informal

3. formalnoun

   official

   Antonyms:
   informal

4. formaladjective

   relating to the form or structure of something

   Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal.

   Antonyms:
   informal

5. formaladjective

   Antonyms:
   informal

6. formaladjective

   Antonyms:
   informal

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. formal

   Antonyms:
   irregular, incomplete, informal, inadequate, incorrect, easy, unassuming, unceremonious

   Synonyms:
   regular, complete, shapely, sufficient, correct, stately, dignified, ceremonious, pompous, stiff, precise, explicit, exact, affected, methodical

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1. • Dance
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1. ball, formalnoun

   a lavish dance requiring formal attire

   Antonyms:
   informal, folksy, unlogical, epistolary, casual, nonliterary, undignified, illogical, subliterary, unceremonial, representational, vulgar, daily, common, unliterary, conversational, vernacular, colloquial, epistolatory, slangy, unceremonious, unofficial, everyday, free-and-easy

   Synonyms:
   lump, clump, orb, glob, bollock, testis, clod, dinner dress, globe, nut, evening gown, musket ball, dinner gown, chunk, egg, testicle, ball, orchis, ballock

2. dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gownadjective

   a gown for evening wear

   Antonyms:
   common, daily, slangy, epistolatory, unlogical, nonliterary, folksy, subliterary, illogical, casual, everyday, unceremonial, representational, unofficial, informal, undignified, unliterary, epistolary, vernacular, vulgar, colloquial, conversational, unceremonious, free-and-easy

   Synonyms:
   dinner dress, dinner gown, ball, evening gown

3. formaladjective

   being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

   "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

   Antonyms:
   everyday, unofficial, illogical, undignified, casual, unliterary, vernacular, nonliterary, informal, conversational, unceremonious, unceremonial, colloquial, free-and-easy, folksy, subliterary, common, epistolatory, daily, slangy, vulgar, epistolary, representational, unlogical

   Synonyms:
   stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

4. formaladjective

   characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

   "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

   Antonyms:
   unceremonious, slangy, casual, conversational, epistolary, representational, folksy, unceremonial, undignified, nonliterary, illogical, subliterary, unliterary, colloquial, informal, vulgar, free-and-easy, common, epistolatory, unlogical, daily, vernacular, unofficial, everyday

   Synonyms:
   stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

5. formaladjective

   (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

   "the paper was written in formal English"

   Antonyms:
   casual, daily, slangy, epistolary, unliterary, informal, representational, unofficial, common, nonliterary, free-and-easy, conversational, vernacular, illogical, unlogical, vulgar, colloquial, unceremonial, everyday, unceremonious, undignified, subliterary, epistolatory, folksy

   Synonyms:
   stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

6. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

   represented in simplified or symbolic form

   Antonyms:
   representational, nonliterary, informal, epistolary, undignified, daily, common, epistolatory, vulgar, unceremonial, free-and-easy, casual, unofficial, illogical, slangy, folksy, subliterary, vernacular, everyday, colloquial, unliterary, unlogical, conversational, unceremonious

   Synonyms:
   established, ceremonious, courtly, schematic, stately, conventional

7. formaladjective

   logically deductive

   "formal proof"

   Antonyms:
   epistolatory, conversational, unceremonious, unlogical, illogical, unofficial, informal, unceremonial, daily, representational, nonliterary, everyday, colloquial, free-and-easy, casual, undignified, common, unliterary, epistolary, slangy, vulgar, subliterary, vernacular, folksy

   Synonyms:
   stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

8. courtly, formal, statelyadjective

   refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

   "a courtly gentleman"

   Antonyms:
   free-and-easy, unofficial, representational, conversational, nonliterary, casual, unceremonial, undignified, informal, epistolatory, folksy, slangy, vernacular, daily, everyday, colloquial, unceremonious, vulgar, common, illogical, unlogical, unliterary, subliterary, epistolary

   Synonyms:
   baronial, noble, conventional, stately, schematic, imposing, statuesque, courtly

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1. formaladjective

   Synonyms:
   ceremonial, express, explicit, punctilious, methodical, prim, ceremonious, conventional

How to use formal in a sentence?

1. Steve Scalise:

   Whether or not the president submits a formal proposal, he has been having good-faith negotiations and conversations with a number of senators from both parties, i'm not sure ... ultimately if they're going to get an agreement, but they are having some good-faith negotiations.

2. Roger Stone:

   I have consistently urged Randy Credico to simply tell the truth, our bickering can sometimes be sarcastic, but I have never urged Randy Credico not to cooperate with any formal inquiry.

3. Norwegian Foreign Minister Boerge Brende:

   There's no plan for formal peace talks (about Afghanistan) ... but if you are going to reach peace then those who disagree must talk together.

4. Angela Carter:

   The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.

5. John Kirby:

   Writing a formal letter and presenting it to the boss personally was exactly the right thing to do. It is very much in keeping with military custom..

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