Formal

//ˈfɔɹməl//

Synonyms for "formal" (297 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Strong matches (89)

customary de rigueur decent decorous definite demure dignified diminutive dinner dress distant dress uniform earnest edificial elephantine elevated empty formality epithetic established eucharistic evening dress

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Noun(3 words)

dinner dress dinner gown evening gown

Related words (148)

liturgic liturgical liturgistic liturgy logical long faced long-faced lumbering meet methodical modal morphological morphotic mummery nominative normal observance office old world old-fashioned

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old-world ordered orderly organic organismal orthodox ostensible outward parliamentary participial paschal pedantic performance perfunctory plastic polite pompous ponderous pontifical postpositional precise prepositional pretended priggish prim professed pronominal proper prudish punctilious purported quasi received recognized regalia regular religious ceremony reserved right rigid rite rite de passage rite of passage ritual ritualistic routine sacramental sacramentarian scholastic sedate seemly self-called self-christened self-conscious self-contained self-important self-styled semi formal serious service sesquipedalian set so called so-called sober sober-minded sobersided soi-disant solemn solemnity solemnization somber square staid standard starched state stately steady stiff stilted stone faced stone-faced straight straight faced straight-faced strait-laced straitened strict structural stuffy stylized substantive substructural superficial superstructural supposed surface swollen symmetrical syntactic systematic tagmemic tails tectonic textural thoughtful titular traditional transitive tumid turgid tuxedo unbending unchanging uniform unsmiling unwieldy usual verbal weighty well-ordered well-regulated white tie would be would-be

Adjective(2 words)

schematic stately

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

dance evening clothes evening dress eveningwear formalwear gown

Antonyms

2 entries

informal

Synonyms

4 entries

ball conventional courtly dinner dress

Related terms

2 entries

form hemiformal

derived

47 entries

business formal essive-formal formal cause formal charge formal education formal equivalence formal fallacy formal grammar formal heresy formal language formal linguistics formal logic formal mathematics formal ontology formal power series formal science

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distinct from

1 entries

informal

etymologically related_to

1 entries

form

has context

2 entries

mathematics programming

related to

20 entries

casual ceremonial conventional dress code etiquette form formal parameter formalin formation forms gown official organized planned proper rhetorical

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similar

38 entries

black-tie buckram ceremonial ceremonious conventional dignified dress form only form-only full dress full-dress literary

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Translations

162 translations across 56 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

amptelik adj (official)
formeel adj (being in accord with established forms)
formeel adj (official)
formeel adj (relating to the form or structure of something)

Albanian

1 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)

Arabic

3 entries

رَسْمِيّ adj (being in accord with established forms)
رَسْمِيّ adj (official)
صُورِيّ adj (being in accord with established forms)

Armenian

2 entries

պաշտոնական adj (being in accord with established forms)
պաշտոնական adj (official)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

rəsmi adj (being in accord with established forms)
rəsmi adj (official)

Bashkir

1 entries

рәсми adj (official)

Belarusian

4 entries

афіцы́йны adj (official)
офіцыя́льны adj (official)
фарма́льны adj (being in accord with established forms)
фарма́льны adj (official)

Bulgarian

4 entries

официа́лен adj (official)
фо́рмен adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
форма́лен adj (being in accord with established forms)
форма́лен adj (official)

Catalan

4 entries

convencional adj (ceremonial)
formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
solemne adj (ceremonial)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

پەتی adj (relating to the form or structure of something)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

正式 adj (being in accord with established forms)
正式 adj (official)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

resmiy adj (being in accord with established forms)

Czech

2 entries

formální adj (being in accord with established forms)
oficiální adj (official)

Danish

1 entries

formel adj (being in accord with established forms)

Dhivehi

2 entries

ރަސްމީ adj (being in accord with established forms)
ރަސްމީ adj (mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols)

Dutch

2 entries

formeel adj (being in accord with established forms)
formeel adj (official)

Estonian

1 entries

ametlik adj (being in accord with established forms)

Finnish

4 entries

formaali adj (being in accord with established forms)
formaali adj (official)
formaali adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
formaali adj (ceremonial)

French

4 entries

formel adj (being in accord with established forms)
formel adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
officiel adj (official)
soutenu adj (being in accord with established forms)

Galician

3 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
oficial adj (official)

Georgian

3 entries

ოფიციალური adj (official)
ფორმალური adj (being in accord with established forms)
ფორმალური adj (official)

German

4 entries

Form adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols)
formell adj (being in accord with established forms)

Greek

3 entries

επίσημος adj (being in accord with established forms)
επίσημος adj (official)
τυπικός adj (ceremonial)

Hebrew

2 entries

פוֹרְמָלִי adj (being in accord with established forms)
רִשְׁמִי adj (being in accord with established forms)

Hindi

4 entries

आधिकारिक adj (official)
आधिकारिक adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
औपचारिक adj (being in accord with established forms)
औपचारिक adj (official)

Hungarian

4 entries

formai adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
formális adj (official)
formális adj (mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols)
hivatalos adj (official)

Icelandic

2 entries

formlegur adj (being in accord with established forms)
formlegur adj (official)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

رَسْمی adj (being in accord with established forms)
رَسْمی adj (official)
صوری adj (being in accord with established forms)

Italian

2 entries

formale adj (being in accord with established forms)
formale adj (relating to the form or structure of something)

Japanese

4 entries

公式 adj (being in accord with established forms)
形式的な adj (official)
正式 adj (being in accord with established forms)
正式な adj (official)

Kazakh

1 entries

ресми adj (official)

Korean

1 entries

형식적 adj (official)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

расмий adj (official)
ырасмый adj (official)

Macedonian

4 entries

официјален adj (official)
форма́лен adj (being in accord with established forms)
форма́лен adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
формален adj (official)

Malay

4 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (official)
formal adj (ceremonial)
rasmi adj (official)

Māori

1 entries

ōkawa adj (being in accord with established forms)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

formell adj (being in accord with established forms)
høytidelig adj (ceremonial)

Pashto

1 entries

رسمي adj (official)

Polish

3 entries

formalny adj (being in accord with established forms)
formalny adj (official)
oficjalny adj (official)

Portuguese

4 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (official)
formal adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
formal adj (ceremonial)

Romanian

3 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (official)
oficial adj (official)

Russian

4 entries

официа́льный adj (official)
форма́льный adj (being in accord with established forms)
форма́льный adj (official)
форма́льный adj (mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cȅremonijālan adj (ceremonial)
fòrmālan adj (being in accord with established forms)
fòrmālan adj (official)
fòrmālan adj (relating to the form or structure of something)

Slovak

3 entries

formálny adj (being in accord with established forms)
oficiálny adj (official)
úradný adj (official)

Slovene

3 entries

formalen adj (being in accord with established forms)
formalen adj (official)
uraden adj (official)

Spanish

3 entries

formal adj (being in accord with established forms)
formal adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
protocolario adj (ceremonial)

Swedish

1 entries

formell adj (being in accord with established forms)

Tagalog

2 entries

maanyo adj (being in accord with established forms)
maanyo adj (official)

Tajik

3 entries

расмӣ adj (being in accord with established forms)
расмӣ adj (official)
сурӣ adj (being in accord with established forms)

Tatar

1 entries

рәсми adj (official)

Turkish

4 entries

biçimsel adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
formel adj (official)
formel adj (relating to the form or structure of something)
resmi adj (being in accord with established forms)

Turkmen

1 entries

resmi adj (official)

Ukrainian

4 entries

офіці́йний adj (official)
офіціа́льний adj (official)
форма́льний adj (being in accord with established forms)
форма́льний adj (official)

Urdu

1 entries

رَسْمی adj (official)

Uyghur

1 entries

رەسمىي adj (official)

Uzbek

2 entries

rasmiy adj (being in accord with established forms)
rasmiy adj (official)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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I utterly despise formal writing!

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The school uniform is convenient because it can be worn for both informal and formal occasions.

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We need some formal instruction in literature.

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Boy, did she have egg on her face when she showed up at the formal party wearing blue jeans!

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Formal

Synonyms for "formal" (297 found)

Closest matches (60)

Strong matches (89)

Related words (148)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

Synonyms

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bulgarian

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Mandarin

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dhivehi

Dutch

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Iranian Persian

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Korean

Kyrgyz

Macedonian

Malay

Māori

Norwegian Bokmål

Pashto

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Tajik

Tatar

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukrainian

Urdu

Uyghur

Uzbek

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