Formals
Synonyms for "formals" (297 found)
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ceremonialceremoniousconventionalcourtlyfull dressnominalofficialprescribedpro formaabstractacceptedacknowledgedadjectivaladmittedadverbialaloofanatomicapprovedarchitectonicarchitectural
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arrangedattributiveauthorizedawkwardbaccalaureate serviceballbaptismalbeing donebloatedbombasticbookishbuckrambusinesslikebynamecelebrationceremonychillchivalricchivalrouscivilcognominalcomme il fautcommencementconditionalconfiningconformableconjunctiveconstructionalconventionalizedconvocationcopulativecorrectcrampedcumbrous
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (89)
customaryde rigueurdecentdecorousdefinitedemuredignifieddiminutivedinner dressdistantdress uniformearnestedificialelephantineelevatedempty formalityepitheticestablishedeucharisticevening dress
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exactexactingexerciseexercisesexplicitexpressextrinsicfixedflatulentforcedform onlyformal dressformalistformalisticformalityformalizedformationalformativeformulaicformularformularyfrowningfunctionfunctionalgallantgassygenteelglossematicgraduationgraduation exercisesgrammaticgrammaticalgrandiloquentgravegrimgrim-facedgrim-visagedguindehabitualhaltingharmoniousheavyhigh churchhigh-churchhonorifichypocoristicimpersonalin handin name onlyinauguralinaugurationinflatedinflexibleinitiationinkhornintransitiveknightlylaboredlatinatelawfulleadenlegallegalisticlimitedlinkingliterary
Noun(3 words)
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liturgicliturgicalliturgisticliturgylogicallong facedlong-facedlumberingmeetmethodicalmodalmorphologicalmorphoticmummerynominativenormalobservanceofficeold worldold-fashioned
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old-worldorderedorderlyorganicorganismalorthodoxostensibleoutwardparliamentaryparticipialpaschalpedanticperformanceperfunctoryplasticpolitepompousponderouspontificalpostpositionalpreciseprepositionalpretendedpriggishprimprofessedpronominalproperprudishpunctiliouspurportedquasireceivedrecognizedregaliaregularreligious ceremonyreservedrightrigidriterite de passagerite of passageritualritualisticroutinesacramentalsacramentarianscholasticsedateseemlyself-calledself-christenedself-consciousself-containedself-importantself-styledsemi formalseriousservicesesquipedaliansetso calledso-calledsobersober-mindedsobersidedsoi-disantsolemnsolemnitysolemnizationsombersquarestaidstandardstarchedstatestatelysteadystiffstiltedstone facedstone-facedstraightstraight facedstraight-facedstrait-lacedstraitenedstrictstructuralstuffystylizedsubstantivesubstructuralsuperficialsuperstructuralsupposedsurfaceswollensymmetricalsyntacticsystematictagmemictailstectonictexturalthoughtfultitulartraditionaltransitivetumidturgidtuxedounbendingunchanginguniformunsmilingunwieldyusualverbalweightywell-orderedwell-regulatedwhite tiewould bewould-be
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