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Synonyms for formal
ˈfɔr məlfor·mal

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ball, formalnoun

    a lavish dance requiring formal attire

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

    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

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

    a gown for evening wear

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

    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

  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"

    Synonyms:
    stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

    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

  4. formaladjective

    characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

    Synonyms:
    stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

    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

  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"

    Synonyms:
    stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

    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

  6. conventional, formal, schematicadjective

    represented in simplified or symbolic form

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

    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

  7. formaladjective

    logically deductive

    "formal proof"

    Synonyms:
    stately, courtly, schematic, conventional

    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

  8. courtly, formal, statelyadjective

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

    "a courtly gentleman"

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

    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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. formaladjective

    Synonyms:
    express, explicit, positive, in due form, according to established form

  2. formaladjective

    Synonyms:
    regular, methodical

  3. formaladjective

    Synonyms:
    ceremonious, precise, punctilious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, affectedly exact

  4. formaladjective

    Synonyms:
    constitutive, essential

  5. formaladjective

    Synonyms:
    external, as mere form

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. formaladjective

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

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How to use formal in a sentence?

  1. Prince Edward:

    It's a framework of activities. It was said to encourage young people and adults to get involved in non-formal activities or out-of-classroom learning, and of course, it empowered both adults and young people to take control of their destinies, and it doesn't matter where in the world that young person or that adult is, it's the same.

  2. Shipra Jha:

    Educations often ends with child marriage, it often means the end of girls' formal schooling and the start of their life as a wife and mother, which can have a profound impact on their physical and emotional health -- especially if they fall pregnant at an early age.

  3. Wendy Higgins:

    We are trying to meet the criteria, but until we receive formal approval we have not been able to have HSI personnel on the ground as before and our funding to our partner groups is temporarily frozen.

  4. Kent Rinehart:

    We always encourage students and adults to be careful if what you put out there regardless of what you thought because it could get out in a more formal setting that you may not be intending.

  5. Charles King:

    An interesting point about the technologies used by the Allied forces during D-Day is how closely their development mirrors approaches used today, there were formal projects led by trained scientists and researchers, such as the tide prediction mechanism created by British mathematician Arthur Thomas Doodson, which was used toidentify the precise days/times that the H-Hour landings for D-Day should take place.


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