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formalnoun a social gathering for dancinghe asked her to the formal at the end of the year ball, cotillion(also cotillon), dance, hop, prom blowout, celebration, event, festival, festivity, fete(or fête), gala, masque(also mask), masquerade, mixer, party, reception, shindig, soiree(or soirée)hoedown, square dance following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rulesa formal meeting of the board of directors a formal contract that was legally binding ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, orthodox, regular, routine authorized, certified, official, sanctionedaccepted, correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemlyformalistic, ritual, ritualisticmethodical(also methodic), orderly, systematic casual, freewheeling, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional, unorthodox unauthorized, unofficialgraceless, improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable being something in name or form onlywas the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting nominal, paper, titular so-calledphantom, virtualapparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, presumed, seeming, supposed actual, real, true marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and detailsgave her a formal invitation to dinner ceremonious, correct, decorous, nice, proper, punctilious, starchy, stiff, stiff-necked, stilted sober, solemn, statelychivalrous, courtly, gallantgenteel, polished, refinedcivil, courteous, polite, red-carpet casual, easygoing, informal, laid-back, unceremonious improper, indecorous, unmannerlydiscourteous, impolite, rude relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and mannersthe dress code is formal for tonight's event a shop that rents out formal wear dress, dressy costume, costumeychic, dapper, fashionable, in, modish, natty, sharp, smart, snappy, stylishcustom-made, fitted, tailoredblack-tie, evening, white-tiesemiformal casual, informal, sportif, sporty streetdowdy, outmoded, styleless, unfashionable, unstylishfrowsy(or frowzy), grungy, sloppy, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidydisheveled(or dishevelled), messy, mussy, rumpled, wrinkled very dignified in form, tone, or stylethe formal language of the coronation ceremony elevated, eloquent, high-flown, lofty, majestic, stately, towering affected, bombastic, declamatory, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfalutin(also hifalutin), oratorical, pompous, pretentious, rhetorical(also rhetoric), stiltedAttic, cultured, refinedclassy, courtly, fine, graceful, tastefularistocratic, genteel, patriciancorrect, educated, grammatical, properacademic(also academical), bookish, learned, literary ineloquent, low, undignified casual, colloquial, conversational, informal, nonformal, slangy, unbookish, unliterary, vernacularcoarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indecent, lowbred, lowbrow, rough, rough-hewn, rude, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgarincorrect, substandard, uneducated, ungrammatical, unlearned adj.ceremonial, ceremonious, formal, conventional mean marked by attention to or adhering strictly to prescribed forms.ceremonial and ceremonious both imply strict attention to what is prescribed by custom or by ritual, but ceremonial applies to things that are associated with ceremoniesa ceremonial offering , ceremonious to persons given to ceremony or to acts attended by ceremony.made his ceremonious entrance formal applies both to things prescribed by and to persons obedient to custom and may suggest stiff, restrained, or old-fashioned behavior.a formal report the headmaster's formal manner conventional implies accord with general custom and usageconventional courtesy and may suggest a stodgy lack of originality or independence.conventional fiction in the 14th century |