formal
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1. a gown for evening wear (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | gown, |
definition | : | a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions (noun.artifact) |
2. a lavish dance requiring formal attire (noun.event)
hypernym | : | dance, |
definition | : | a party for social dancing (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | cotilion, cotillion, |
definition | : | a ball at which young ladies are presented to society (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | prom, promenade, |
definition | : | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year (noun.event) |
3. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court (adj.all)
similar | : | dignified, |
definition | : | having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance (adj.all) |
4. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (adj.all)
similar | : | ceremonial, |
definition | : | marked by pomp or ceremony or formality (adj.all) |
similar | : | dress, full-dress, |
definition | : | (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes (adj.all) |
similar | : | form-only, |
definition | : | being a matter of form only; lacking substance (adj.all) |
similar | : | dress, full-dress, |
definition | : | suitable for formal occasions (adj.all) |
similar | : | white-tie, |
definition | : | requiring white ties and tailcoats for men (adj.all) |
also | : | conventional, |
definition | : | following accepted customs and proprieties (adj.all) |
also | : | formal, |
definition | : | (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms (adj.all) |
attribute | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
5. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms (adj.all)
similar | : | literary, |
definition | : | appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing (adj.all) |
also | : | formal, |
definition | : | being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (adj.all) |
also | : | rhetorical, |
definition | : | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought (adj.all) |
attribute | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
6. logically deductive (adj.all)
similar | : | logical, |
definition | : | capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning (adj.all) |
7. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority (adj.all)
similar | : | official, |
definition | : | having official authority or sanction (adj.all) |
8. represented in simplified or symbolic form (adj.all)
similar | : | nonrepresentational, |
definition | : | of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature (adj.all) |
domain category | : | beaux arts, fine arts, |
definition | : | the study and creation of visual works of art (noun.cognition) |
9. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court (adj.all)
derivation | : | court, |
definition | : | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | courtliness, |
definition | : | elegance suggestive of a royal court (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | stateliness, |
definition | : | an elaborate manner of doing something (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | court, royal court, |
definition | : | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state (noun.group) |
derivation | : | court, royal court, |
definition | : | the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince (noun.group) |
10. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (adj.all)
antonym | : | informal, |
definition | : | not formal (adj.all) |
derivation | : | formality, |
definition | : | compliance with formal rules (noun.act) |
derivation | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
11. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms (adj.all)
antonym | : | informal, |
definition | : | used of spoken and written language (adj.all) |
12. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority (adj.all)
13. represented in simplified or symbolic form (adj.all)
derivation | : | outline, schema, scheme, |
definition | : | a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | schema, scheme, |
definition | : | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition) |
14. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court (adj.all)
derivation | : | court, |
definition | : | the residence of a sovereign or nobleman (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | courtliness, |
definition | : | elegance suggestive of a royal court (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | stateliness, |
definition | : | an elaborate manner of doing something (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | court, royal court, |
definition | : | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state (noun.group) |
derivation | : | court, royal court, |
definition | : | the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince (noun.group) |
15. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) (adj.all)
antonym | : | informal, |
definition | : | not formal (adj.all) |
derivation | : | formality, |
definition | : | compliance with formal rules (noun.act) |
derivation | : | formality, formalness, |
definition | : | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (noun.attribute) |
16. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms (adj.all)
antonym | : | informal, |
definition | : | used of spoken and written language (adj.all) |
17. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority (adj.all)
18. represented in simplified or symbolic form (adj.all)
derivation | : | outline, schema, scheme, |
definition | : | a schematic or preliminary plan (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | schema, scheme, |
definition | : | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world (noun.cognition) |
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sinonim | : | absah, halal, legal, protokoler, resmi, sah, sahih, seremonial, baku, biasa, jamak, konvensional, lazim, lumrah, normal, stereotip, |
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