nnoun.eventa lavish dance requiring formal attireSynset:ball
Hypernyms:dance
Inherited Hypernyms:balldancepartyaffairsocial eventeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cotilioncotillionfancy-dress ballmasked ballmasquerade ballprompromenade
Full Hyponyms:cotillionmasked ballpromenade
nnoun.artifacta gown for evening wearSynset:dinner dress dinner gown evening gown
Hypernyms:evening clothes evening dress eveningwear formalwear gown
Inherited Hypernyms:dinner dressformalwearattireclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:dinner dressformalwearattireclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:dinner dressgowndresswoman's clothingclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:dinner dressgowndresswoman's clothingclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adjadj.allbeing in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)Attributes:formality formalness
Examples:- pay one's formal respects
- formal dress
- a formal ball
- the requirement was only formal and often ignored
- a formal education
Antonyms:informal
Derivationally Related Form:formalnessformality
Inherited Hypernyms:formal
Similar to:ceremonial ceremonious conventional dress full-dress form-only dress full-dress nominal titular positive prescribed perfunctory pro forma black-tie semi-formal semiformal buckram starchy stiff white-tie
See also:conventional formal
adj satadj.allcharacteristic of or befitting a person in authorityExamples:- formal duties
- an official banquet
Antonyms:unofficial
Derivationally Related Form:formality
Inherited Hypernyms:formal
Similar to:official
adjadj.all(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial formsAttributes:formality formalness
Examples:- the paper was written in formal English
Antonyms:informal
Inherited Hypernyms:formal
Similar to:literary
See also:formal rhetorical
adj satadj.allrepresented in simplified or symbolic formTopic:beaux artsfine arts
Synset:conventional schematic
Antonyms:representational
Derivationally Related Form:schemaschematicscheme
Inherited Hypernyms:conventional
Similar to:nonrepresentational
adj satadj.alllogically deductiveAntonyms:illogical
Inherited Hypernyms:formal
Similar to:logical
adj satadj.allrefined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal courtSynset:courtly stately
Antonyms:undignified
Derivationally Related Form:courtlinessformalnessstatelinesscourt
Inherited Hypernyms:courtly
Similar to:dignified