Word Information

Formal

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
  • Words with Friends

Definitions for Formal

noun
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
Synonyms
ball
noun
a gown for evening wear
Synonyms
dinner dress dinner gown evening gown
adjective
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Examples
  1. pay one's formal respects
  2. formal dress
  3. a formal ball
  4. the requirement was only formal and often ignored
  5. a formal education
adjective
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Examples
  1. formal duties
  2. an official banquet
adjective
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Examples
  1. the paper was written in formal English
adjective
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms
conventional schematic
adjective
logically deductive
Examples
  1. formal proof
adjective
refined or imposing in manner or appearance
Synonyms
courtly stately
Examples
  1. befitting a royal court
  2. a courtly gentleman

Scrabble (11 points)

Words with Friends (13 points)

Unscramble "Formal"

Words that start with these letters. Example: AB → Above

Words that end in these letters. Example: AB → Rehab

Words that contain letters in this order. Example: AB → Cable

Search for words of a specific length. Example: 5

Search