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Synonyms for informal
ɪnˈfɔr məlin·for·mal
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Princeton's WordNet
informaladjective
not formal
"conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
Synonyms:
cozy, loose, intimateAntonyms:
black-tie, semiformal, buckram, formal, titular, literary, ceremonial, pro forma, dress, full-dress, semi-formal, official, starchy, ceremonious, prescribed, unfriendly, nominal, conventional, perfunctory, white-tie, positive, form-only(a), stiffinformal, looseadjective
not officially recognized or controlled
"an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
Synonyms:
idle, loose, sluttish, easy, wanton, cozy, escaped, liberal, free, open, lax, intimate, unaffixed, on the loose(p), light, slack, promiscuous, at large(p)Antonyms:
positive, semiformal, buckram, full-dress, ceremonious, starchy, form-only(a), formal, white-tie, titular, unfriendly, conventional, semi-formal, literary, ceremonial, dress, prescribed, perfunctory, official, black-tie, nominal, stiff, pro formainformaladjective
used of spoken and written language
Synonyms:
cozy, loose, intimateAntonyms:
form-only(a), ceremonial, official, pro forma, buckram, unfriendly, conventional, prescribed, stiff, dress, formal, white-tie, semiformal, literary, nominal, ceremonious, starchy, full-dress, positive, perfunctory, black-tie, titular, semi-formalcozy, intimate, informaladjective
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
"had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate"
Synonyms:
internal, familiar, knowledgeable, cozy, loose, intimate, versed, cosy, sexual, inner, snugAntonyms:
conventional, black-tie, starchy, buckram, nominal, pro forma, formal, official, perfunctory, semiformal, ceremonial, positive, unfriendly, ceremonious, form-only(a), white-tie, literary, titular, full-dress, prescribed, stiff, dress, semi-formal
Dictionary of English Synonymes
informaladjective
Synonyms:
irregular, out of the usual course, not according to the prescribed form
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
informaladjective
Synonyms:
unceremonious, unconventional, easy, natural, unconstrained
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "informal":
unofficial, non-formal, informals, unstructured, non-official, armchair, unorganized, non-documented, unorganised, irregular, formal, parallel, improvised
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#283 | open | |
#613 | light | |
#621 | easy | |
#1573 | internal | |
#2387 | sexual | |
#3408 | formal | |
#3940 | parallel | |
#4062 | inner | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#5227 | loose | |
#7210 | informal | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9197 | intimate | |
#10113 | unofficial | |
#13315 | knowledgeable | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#14167 | escaped | |
#15998 | cozy | |
#17068 | lax | |
#17781 | slack | |
#22862 | armchair | |
#26002 | cosy | |
#29011 | snug | |
#30728 | unstructured | |
#32870 | improvised | |
#37401 | versed | |
#39191 | wanton | |
#45774 | promiscuous | |
#64653 | unorganized | |
#168595 | unorganised | |
#322001 | sluttish |
How to use informal in a sentence?
This isn't a game of who gets to talk to Joe Biden. Our inability to start the informal agency review process has the potential to have real impacts across the country, there's no replacing the real-time information that can only come from the post-ascertainment environment that we should be in right now.
An informal complaint was made through command channels, and the commander has already assigned an investigating officer and the investigation is ongoing, the command is extremely sensitive to any allegations that involve equal opportunity or discrimination and will investigate every allegation.
A chronic absenteeism rates, kids are just not going back to school, and they’re getting caught up in a lot of other types of delinquency, you saw the same thing with sort of the loss of gang violence intervention services, sort of formal and informal… bulwarks within the communities during COVID. You don’t fix that overnight.
I definitely think it’s fine to do informal dream interpretation, either on your own or with a close, trusted person who may just sort of see things to question in it that you don’t.
I have offered the leaders an informal meeting of the 27 in the margins of the European Council summit, and I will also propose to the leaders that we start a wider reflection on the future of our Union.
Translations for informal
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- غير رسميArabic
- informalCatalan, Valencian
- neformálníCzech
- anffurfiolWelsh
- zwanglos, unförmlich, informell, inoffiziellGerman
- φιλικός, ανεπίσημοςGreek
- neformalaEsperanto
- informal, familiarSpanish
- غیر رسمیPersian
- familier, informelFrench
- neamhnósúilIrish
- neuformoilManx
- अनौपचारिकHindi
- óformlegurIcelandic
- 日常, 普段, 内々, 口語, 非公式, 褻Japanese
- informalLatin
- ōpakiMāori
- potocznyPolish
- informalPortuguese
- неформальный, неофициальный, непринуждённыйRussian
- informellSwedish
- không chính thứcVietnamese
- 非正式的Chinese
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