What are the opposite words for formal?
Formal is often used to describe a strict, proper, and professional approach towards a situation, environment, dress or behavior. Antonyms for formal could be informal or casual, which implies a relaxed, laid back, and comfortable atmosphere. Another opposite word for formal could be familiar, which refers to a friendly, warm, and informal approach towards others. On the other hand, colloquial could be used as an antonym of formal, which refers to the use of conversational and everyday language. In addition, slang could also be an antonym of formal, which has a more informal and sometimes even irreverent connotation. Finally, the word relaxed can also be mentioned as an antonym of formal.
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- colloquial
- familiar
- free and easy
- poor
- talkative
- obscene
- improper
- relaxed
- approachable
- austere
- casual
- chill
- crude
- dignified
- homespun
- informal
- plain
- unceremonious
- uncritical
- accessible
- chatty
- civil
- conventional
- courtly
- decorous
- easygoing
- facetious
- formal
- intimate
- natural
- unconventional
- all
- chance, random
- particular, familiar to an area, informal
- vulgar, unpolished in manner
- established, orderly
- spun from home
- not suitable
- casual, simple
- friendly, devoted
- conversational
- clear, obvious
- organic, unrefined
- indecent, offensive, immoral
- deficient, inadequate
- very different; odd
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- colloquial
- familiar
-
free and easy
- free,
- nonformal,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- free as a bird,
- booner,
- boonest,
- footloose and fancy free,
- footloose and fancyfree,
- footloose fancy free,
- footloose fancy-free,
- footloose fancyfree,
- free as the wind,
- free as wind,
- free easy,
- more nonformal,
- most nonformal,
- non formal,
- non-formal,
- un forced,
- un studied,
- un-forced,
- un-studied.
- poor
- talkative
- obscene
-
improper
- at odds,
- inapposite,
- off-base,
- out of place,
- suggestive,
- unfitting,
- unrighteous,
- Unequitable,
- uncalledfor,
- out of season,
- unrightful,
- ill timed,
- illadvised,
- in accurate,
- in advisable,
- in applicable,
- in apposite,
- in appropriate,
- in apter,
- in congruous,
- in correct,
- in expedient,
- in harmonious,
- in opportune,
- in-admissible,
- in-advisable,
- in-applicable,
- in-apposite,
- in-appropriate,
- in-apter,
- in-congruous,
- in-expedient,
- in-felicitous,
- in-harmonious,
- in-opportune,
- more inapposite,
- more off base,
- more off-base,
- more offbase,
- more out of season,
- more out-of-place,
- more unequitable,
- more unfitting,
- more unrighteous,
- more unrightful,
- most inapposite,
- most off base,
- most off-base,
- most out of place,
- most out of season,
- most out-of-place,
- most out-of-season,
- most unequitable,
- most unfitting,
- most unrighteous,
- most unrightful,
- offbase,
- out-of-place,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un becoming,
- un befitting,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un equitable,
- un ethical,
- un fitting,
- un godlier,
- un godliest,
- un godly,
- un just,
- un juster,
- un justest,
- un righteous,
- un rightful,
- un seasonable,
- un seemlier,
- un seemliest,
- un seemly,
- un suitable,
- un suited,
- un timelier,
- un timeliest,
- un timely,
- un-apter,
- un-becoming,
- un-befitting,
- un-comely,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-equitable,
- un-ethical,
- un-fit,
- un-fitting,
- un-godlier,
- un-godliest,
- un-godly,
- un-just,
- un-juster,
- un-justest,
- un-righteous,
- un-rightful,
- un-seasonable,
- un-seemlier,
- un-seemliest,
- un-seemly,
- un-suitable,
- un-suited,
- un-timelier,
- un-timeliest,
- un-timely,
- un-warranted.
-
relaxed
- undemanding,
- devil may care,
- even tempered,
- eventempered,
- free and easy,
- hang loose,
- hang-loose,
- happy go lucky,
- more hang-loose,
- more outgiving,
- more poised,
- more undemanding,
- most hang loose,
- most hang-loose,
- most hangloose,
- most poised,
- most undemanding,
- out giving,
- out-giving,
- outgiving,
- selfpossessed,
- un demanding,
- un hurried,
- un inhibited,
- un-demanding,
- un-hurried,
- un-inhibited.
- approachable
- austere
-
casual
- insouciant,
- offhand,
- serendipitous,
- uninterested,
- Pococurante,
- low pressure,
- unfussy,
- down home,
- in curious,
- in different,
- in frequent,
- in-curious,
- in-different,
- in-frequent,
- laidback,
- low-pressure,
- lowpressure,
- more low pressure,
- more low-pressure,
- more lowpressure,
- more pococurante,
- more serendipitous,
- most low pressure,
- most low-pressure,
- most lowpressure,
- most pococurante,
- most serendipitous,
- re-mote,
- un concerned,
- un expected,
- un fussier,
- un fussiest,
- un fussy,
- un intentional,
- un interested,
- un planned,
- un-concerned,
- un-expected,
- un-foreseen,
- un-fussier,
- un-fussiest,
- un-fussy,
- un-intentional,
- un-interested,
- un-planned,
- un-premeditated,
- unfussier,
- unfussiest,
- with drawn,
- with-drawn.
- chill
-
crude
- cloddish,
- ill-bred,
- impure,
- loud-mouthed,
- lowbred,
- prentice,
- roughhewn,
- ungraded,
- unsorted,
- untaught,
- unwrought,
- rough-hewn,
- illbred,
- Unmilled,
- unproficient,
- grodier,
- grody,
- ill bred,
- in decent,
- in delicate,
- in elegant,
- in expert,
- in rough,
- in sensible,
- in the rough,
- in-decent,
- in-delicate,
- in-elegant,
- in-expert,
- in-sensible,
- loud mouthed,
- more barnyard,
- more ill bred,
- more ill-bred,
- more illbred,
- more loud mouthed,
- more loud-mouthed,
- more lowbred,
- more outline,
- more prentice,
- more rough hewn,
- more rough-hewn,
- more roughhewn,
- more ungraded,
- more unmatured,
- more unmilled,
- more unproficient,
- more unsorted,
- more unworked,
- more unwrought,
- most cloddish,
- most ill bred,
- most ill-bred,
- most illbred,
- most lowbred,
- most outline,
- most prentice,
- most rough hewn,
- most rough-hewn,
- most roughhewn,
- most ungraded,
- most unmatured,
- most unmilled,
- most unproficient,
- most unsorted,
- most unworked,
- most unwrought,
- out line,
- out-line,
- rough hewn,
- un couth,
- un developed,
- un enlightened,
- un finished,
- un formed,
- un gainlier,
- un gainliest,
- un gainly,
- un graded,
- un matured,
- un milled,
- un polished,
- un prepared,
- un processed,
- un proficient,
- un skillful,
- un sorted,
- un taught,
- un trained,
- un worked,
- un wrought,
- un-couth,
- un-developed,
- un-enlightened,
- un-finished,
- un-formed,
- un-gainly,
- un-graded,
- un-matured,
- un-milled,
- un-polished,
- un-prepared,
- un-processed,
- un-proficient,
- un-skillful,
- un-sorted,
- un-taught,
- un-trained,
- un-worked,
- un-wrought,
- unmatured,
- unworked.
- dignified
- homespun
-
informal
- free-and-easy,
- motley,
- throwaway,
- unceremonious,
- IMPROV,
- in conspicuous,
- in formal,
- in-conspicuous,
- in-formal,
- laid back,
- more free and easy,
- more free-and-easy,
- more improv,
- more throwaway,
- most free and easy,
- most free-and-easy,
- most improv,
- most throwaway,
- un constrained,
- un official,
- un-official,
- un-restrained,
- without ceremony.
-
plain
- workaday,
- white-bread,
- big as life,
- de finite,
- de formed,
- de-finite,
- de-formed,
- hard eyes,
- hard on eyes,
- hard on the eyes,
- hard the eyes,
- more muted,
- more plain featured,
- more plain-featured,
- more plainfeatured,
- more white bread,
- more white-bread,
- more whitebread,
- most muted,
- most plain featured,
- most plain-featured,
- most white bread,
- most white-bread,
- most workaday,
- not beautiful,
- open and shut,
- out spoken,
- out-spoken,
- plain featured,
- plain-featured,
- plainfeatured,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- stripped down,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- un varnished,
- un-varnished,
- white bread,
- whitebread.
- unceremonious
-
uncritical
- imprecise,
- uncritical,
- undiscerning,
- undiscriminating,
- unexacting,
- unselective,
- Imperceptive,
- easily pleased,
- in discriminate,
- in-discriminate,
- more imperceptive,
- more undiscerning,
- more undiscriminating,
- more unexacting,
- more unselective,
- most imperceptive,
- most imprecise,
- most undiscerning,
- most undiscriminating,
- most unexacting,
- most unselective,
- un critical,
- un discerning,
- un discriminating,
- un exacting,
- un informed,
- un perceptive,
- un selective,
- un thinking,
- un-critical,
- un-discerning,
- un-discriminating,
- un-exacting,
- un-informed,
- un-perceptive,
- un-selective,
- un-thinking.
- accessible
- chatty
- civil
- conventional
- courtly
- decorous
- easygoing
-
facetious
- facetious,
- farcical,
- flipper,
- ironic,
- irreverent,
- laughable,
- ludicrous,
- playful,
- punning,
- salty,
- sportive,
- witty,
- wry,
- funnier,
- not serious,
- putting one on,
- wisecracking,
- flippest,
- in decorous,
- in-decorous,
- more capering,
- more ironic,
- more jesting,
- more joshing,
- more punning,
- more ridiculous,
- more wisecracking,
- most capering,
- most comic,
- most jesting,
- most jocose,
- most joshing,
- most punning,
- most sportive,
- most wisecracking,
- pulling leg,
- pulling one leg,
- pulling one's leg,
- pulling ones leg.
- formal
-
intimate
- clubby,
- in depth,
- trusted,
- buddy-buddy,
- INDEPTH,
- inner most,
- buddy buddy,
- buddybuddy,
- clubbier,
- clubbiest,
- de tailed,
- de-tailed,
- deep seated,
- deepseated,
- in born,
- in bred,
- in most,
- in-born,
- in-bred,
- in-grained,
- inner-most,
- mixest,
- more bosom,
- more buddy buddy,
- more buddy-buddy,
- more buddybuddy,
- more cherished,
- more roommate,
- more viscerous,
- most bosom,
- most buddy buddy,
- most buddy-buddy,
- most buddybuddy,
- most cherished,
- most roommate,
- most viscerous,
- pro found,
- pro founder,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- up tight,
- up-tight,
- viscerous.
- natural
-
unconventional
- anarchistic,
- off the beaten track,
- uncustomary,
- out in left field,
- non-conformist,
- avant garde,
- avantgarde,
- farout,
- in dividual,
- in-dividual,
- more anarchistic,
- more uncustomary,
- more weirdo,
- most anarchistic,
- most uncustomary,
- most weirdo,
- non conformist,
- off beaten track,
- off wall,
- out left field,
- out of ordinary,
- out ordinary,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un conventional,
- un customary,
- un usual,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-conventional,
- un-customary,
- un-usual,
- wayout.
- all
- chance, random
- particular, familiar to an area, informal
- vulgar, unpolished in manner
- established, orderly
- spun from home
- not suitable
- casual, simple
- friendly, devoted
- conversational
- clear, obvious
- organic, unrefined
- indecent, offensive, immoral
-
deficient, inadequate
- poor.
- very different; odd
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Other relevant words
- actual,
- coarse,
- crass,
- crude,
- discourteous,
- disheveled,
- dowdy,
- freewheeling,
- frowsy,
- graceless,
- gross,
- grungy,
- ill-bred,
- illogical,
- impolite,
- improper,
- inappropriate,
- incorrect,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- low,
- lowbred,
- lowbrow,
- messy,
- mussy,
- outmoded,
- real,
- representational,
- rough,
- rude,
- rumpled,
- sloppy,
- sloven,
- slovenly,
- sporty,
- street,
- styleless,
- substandard,
- tasteless,
- true,
- unauthorized,
- unbecoming,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- uneducated,
- unfashionable,
- unfit,
- ungrammatical,
- unhappy,
- unkempt,
- unlearned,
- unlogical,
- unmannerly,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- unseemly,
- unstylish,
- unsuitable,
- untidy,
- wrinkled,
- Ineloquent,
- Unapt.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
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- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
