Synonyms 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

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

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

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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, formal, 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, formal, 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, formal, 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, formal, 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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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

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1. formaladjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "formal":

   official, officially, structured, formally, solemn, formalized, officer, journal, oficial, official, officielle, officiel, academic, formula, informal, regular, officers

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1. Angela Carter:

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

2. 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.

3. Hunter Biden:

   It is time for this administration stop stonewalling and provide the Congress with all the facts it needs, including a copy of the formal complaint made by the whistleblower. And it's time for the Congress to fully investigate the conduct of this President.

4. Pippa Mills:

   Formal identification processes will take place as well as the examinations to establish the causes of their deaths, this process is likely to be a lengthy one but it is crucial and Essex Police are working with her majesty's coroner to ensure the dignity of the victims and the respect for their loved ones is at the forefront of Essex Police investigation.

5. Yale Law School:

   Yale University and Yale Law School have strong free speech protections, and no student is investigated or sanctioned for protected speech. When the Law School receives complaints about offensive communications, the Dean of Students routinely tries to help students talk to one another and resolve their disagreements within the community, at no time was any disciplinary investigation launched or disciplinary action taken in this matter. While any person may report concerns about a lawyers’ character and fitness to the Bar, the Law School has a longstanding policy of reporting only formal disciplinary action to the Bar Association. Any media reporting to the contrary is false.