Antonyms for formal

Antonyms for (adj) formal

Main entry: formal

Definition: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

Usage: pay one's formal respects; formal dress; a formal ball; the requirement was only formal and often ignored; a formal education

Antonyms: informal

Definition: not formal


Antonyms: discase, disrobe, uncase, unclothe, undress, strip, strip down, peel

Definition: get undressed


Antonyms: negative

Definition: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features


Antonyms: neutral

Definition: possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics


Antonyms: negative

Definition: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive


Antonyms: disconfirming, negative

Definition: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition


Antonyms: real

Definition: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation


Antonyms: unconventional

Definition: not conforming to accepted rules or standards


Antonyms: unconventional

Definition: not conventional or conformist


Antonyms: nuclear, atomic

Definition: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy


Antonyms: starchless

Definition: lacking starch


Main entry: formal

Definition: (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

Usage: the paper was written in formal English

Antonyms: informal

Definition: used of spoken and written language


Main entry: formal

Definition: characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

Usage: formal duties; an official banquet

Antonyms: unofficial

Definition: not having official authority or sanction


Main entry: formal

Definition: logically deductive

Usage: formal proof

Antonyms: unlogical, illogical

Definition: lacking in correct logical relation


Main entry: courtly, stately, formal

Definition: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

Usage: a courtly gentleman

Antonyms: undignified

Definition: lacking dignity


Main entry: schematic, formal, conventional

Definition: represented in simplified or symbolic form

Antonyms: representational

Definition: (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen


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