The school uniform is convenient because it can be worn for both informal and formal occasions.
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Informal
//ɪnˈfɔɹm(ə)l//
Synonyms for "informal" (140 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
14 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
82 translations across 36 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- неафіцы́йны adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- нефарма́льны adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- размо́ўны adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безцеремо́нен adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- неофициа́лен adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- неформа́лен adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- разгово́рен adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Catalan
1 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 俗 adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- 非正式 adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- 非正式 adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
Czech
1 entries- neformální adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Esperanto
1 entries- neformala adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Finnish
4 entries- arkikielinen adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- epämuodollinen adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- epämuodollinen adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- epävirallinen adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
French
4 entries- familier adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- informel adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- informel adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- informel adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Galician
1 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Georgian
1 entries- არაფორმალური adj (not formal or ceremonious)
German
4 entries- informell adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- inoffiziell adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- unförmlich adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- zwanglos adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Greek
2 entries- ανεπίσημος adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- φιλικός adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Hindi
2 entries- अनौपचारिक adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- अनौपचारिक adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
Hungarian
1 entries- közvetlen adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Icelandic
1 entries- óformlegur adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Irish
1 entries- neamhnósúil adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Italian
4 entries- colloquiale adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- familiare adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- informale adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- informale adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
Japanese
4 entries- 内々の adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- 口語の adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- 日常の adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- 普段の adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Kazakh
1 entries- бейресми adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Macedonian
1 entries- разговорен adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Malay
4 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- informal adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- informal adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- percakapan adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Manx
1 entries- neuformoil adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Māori
2 entries- hāramuramu adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- ōpaki adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uhøytidelig adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Occitan
1 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Polish
2 entries- nieformalny adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- potoczny adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Portuguese
1 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Romanian
2 entries- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- popular adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Russian
4 entries- неофициа́льный adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- непринуждённый adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- неформа́льный adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- разгово́рный adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Spanish
3 entries- familiar adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- informal adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- informal adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
Swedish
1 entries- informell adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Tagalog
2 entries- dimaanyo adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- dimaanyo adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
Thai
1 entries- ไม่เป็นทางการ adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Turkish
4 entries- gayriresmî adj (not in accord with the usual regulations)
- senli benli adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
- teklifsiz adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- teklifsiz adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Ukrainian
3 entries- неофіці́йний adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- неформа́льний adj (not formal or ceremonious)
- розмо́вний adj (language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage)
Welsh
1 entries- anffurfiol adj (not formal or ceremonious)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It was only an informal party.
Source: tatoeba (33047)
It's quite an informal meeting.
Source: tatoeba (62165)
Women's Liberation is a broad-based but informal popular movement.
Source: tatoeba (65673)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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