Formal register

Synonyms for "formal register" (28 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Adjective(2 words)
academic diction usageacademic phrasing
Noun(4 words)
academic languageacademic language formacademic language styleacademic language use

Strong matches (8)

Noun(6 words)
afrikaanscontract languageeducational standard language formelevatedformal languageformal style
Adjective(2 words)
dense academic languageformal french

Related words (14)

Adjective(3 words)
formal toneparliamentary levelscholarly discourse
Noun(11 words)
formal usageformal varietymodern speech formofficial recordpolishedpolite varietyprofessional registerproperregistrysolemn tonetextbook register

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
language stylelinguistic registerrecordstyletone

More specific

10 entries
academic languageacademic proseattendance logbureaucratic stylecertificate registryemployee fileformal dictionlegal dictionofficialesepermanent record

Collocations

11 entries
academic prosebureaucratic styleformal dictionformal languageformal register styleformal register usageformal speechformal styleformal toneformal vocabularyformal writing

Inflections

3 entries
formal registersmore formal registermost formal register

Derivations

7 entries

Keep exploring

Browse writing guidesRead the blog