formal

Examples

• All

• He OTPF'd me at Junior High Formal.

  30 Minutes or Less (2011)

• Champagne, baths and black silk formals?

  Valentino (1977)

• Welcome to the Spring Formal!

  Jennifer's Body (2009)

• Remember the time after Winter Formal?

  Fiction book (2001)

• It should be quite fun when it's the Christmas formal, but you're still extra AF.

• Clyde and Roscoe made a bet that the winner would get to ask Lucinda Allen to the Spring Formal.

  Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

• In fact, they had a huge falling out when she invited him to her sorority formal, and he told her that attending a sorority formal was not an important enough reason to make a trip out to see her.

  Blog text (2)

• Two weeks prior to boarding my flight for the holidays, I landed in Stillman Infirmary after drinking myself half to death, puking within the first hour of the Tri-House Formal, and passing out on a random couch in the Faculty Club.

  Blog text (15)

• When they'd first started dating, he told her he'd gotten it from a boy named Doug Wentworth, who was pissed about him dancing with his girlfriend at a middle school formal and pushed him into a chain link fence outside the gym.

  The Life of Chuck (2025)

• Are you excited for the Spring formal this weekend?

Synonyms

B

ball

vsformal

253 2.6

A large formal dance where people wear elegant clothes

is mainly held for students at schools or universities

F

function

vsformal

• Formal

74 4.2

A formal social event such as a party or ceremony

is mainly used for large student dances at schools or universities

S

social occasion

vsformal

3 2.8

An event where people meet to celebrate or spend time together

is used specifically for large dances often at schools or universities

S

social affair

vsformal

• Formal

3.8

A formal party or ceremony where many people meet

is used mainly for large dances in school or university settings

Antonyms

I

informal

98 3.1

Not formal or official, relaxed and casual

C

casual

81 1.3

Suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions

Compounds

F

formal dinner

• Formal

4 3.3

A dinner where guests wear very smart clothes and follow strict manners

F

formal garden

1 4.2

A garden with regular shapes, straight paths and neatly trimmed plants

S

semi-formal

1 3.8

Clothing style more dressy than casual but not as dressy as for very special events

F

formal logic

• Specialized

1 6.7

The study of rules that show when an argument is valid

F

formal system

• Specialized

1 9.8

A set of symbols and rules that people use to make and check proofs in logic

F

formal look

1 3.4

A smart, neat way of dressing for special events like weddings

F

formal semantics

• Specialized

9.1

Study of how logic and math explain the meaning of words and sentences

How Formal

gala

72 3.7

formal

• UK

4 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology