WordNet: formal
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
- also see conventional
- also see formal
- attribute formality, formalness
- similar to ceremonial
- similar to ceremonious, conventional
- similar to dress, full-dress
- similar to form-only
- similar to dress, full-dress
- similar to nominal, titular
- similar to positive, prescribed
- similar to perfunctory, pro forma
- similar to black-tie, semi-formal, semiformal
- similar to buckram, starchy, stiff
- similar to white-tie
formal
- (englanti) informal (antonym)
- (englanti) formalness (derivationally related)
- (englanti) formality (derivationally related)
- (suomi) muodollinen (synonyymi)