FORMAL Synonyms

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• impressive in size, manner, or appearance

• of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• a formal event performed on a special occasion

• marked by pomp or ceremony or formality

• of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.

• a creation of the highest excellence

• an artist who has created classic works

• of a well-known type; remarkably typical

• considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth

• well-known and long-established in form or style

• having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance

• having or showing self-esteem

• refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

• marked by refinement in taste and manners

• having official authority or sanction

• of or relating to an office

• a worker who holds or is invested with an office

• someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

• verified officially

• conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

• (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

• perfected or made shiny and smooth

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

• limited to the thing specified

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

• freed from impurities by processing

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• precise to a fine degree

• suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

• having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

• ahead in development; complex or intricate

• intellectually appealing

• consisting of or derived from tradition

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

• round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

• United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

• a solid projectile that is shot by a musket

• an object with a spherical shape

• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

• a spherical object used as a plaything

• a compact mass

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass

• a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

• a pitch that is not in the strike zone

• form into a ball by winding or rolling

• to live very well

• diagram of an electrical or mechanical system

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• a gown for evening wear

• a gown for evening wear

• a gown for evening wear