Synonyms for informal
ɪnˈfɔr məlin·for·mal

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1. informaladjective

   not formal

   "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"

   Synonyms:
   cozy, loose, intimate

   Antonyms:
   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), stiff

2. informal, 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 forma

3. informaladjective

   used of spoken and written language

   Synonyms:
   cozy, loose, intimate

   Antonyms:
   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-formal

4. cozy, 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, snug

   Antonyms:
   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

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1. informaladjective

   Synonyms:
   irregular, out of the usual course, not according to the prescribed form

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1. informaladjective

   Synonyms:
   unceremonious, unconventional, easy, natural, unconstrained

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1. List of paraphrases for "informal":

   unofficial, non-formal, informals, unstructured, non-official, armchair, unorganized, non-documented, unorganised, irregular, formal, parallel, improvised

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1. Indira Gartenberg:

   These are the most invisible of informal workers, their situation is worse than a sweatshop, because at least in the sweatshop they don't have to pay for electricity and water and rent and they get paid regularly.

2. Sarah Leah Whitson:

   In seeking to enforce its labor laws, Saudi Arabia needs to be aware that these same laws sometimes encourage abuses that lead workers to become undocumented, saudi Arabia will never solve the problem of informal work until it fixes its labor system to root out long-term systemic abuses.

3. Amy Swearer:

   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.

4. Jennifer Moss:

   They don't get to interact in a non-formal way, so their boss doesn't know who they are, what should happen is you have informal calls to talk about nothing, or calls to talk about what's going on in each others' lives, that doesn't make it necessarily about work.

5. Muda Yusuf:

   These measures are not likely to trickle down to people in the informal sector.