Synonyms for Formalistic:

• adj.

  •academic (adjective)
  • speculative,
  • hypothetical,
  • notional,
  • closet,
  • abstract,
  • conjectural.
  •formal (adjective)
  • fixed,
  • ceremonial,
  • decorous,
  • ceremonious,
  • explicit,
  • systematic,
  • set,
  • pro forma,
  • legal,
  • official,
  • regular,
  • confirmed,
  • ritual,
  • directed,
  • strict,
  • prescribed,
  • stereotyped,
  • solemn,
  • precise,
  • conventional,
  • proper,
  • methodical,
  • lawful,
  • express,
  • stereotypical,
  • approved,
  • rigid,
  • stately.
  •hypothetic (adjective)
  • hypothetic,
  • intelle.
  •inkhorn (adjective)
  • dry,
  • stilted,
  • abstruse,
  • hairsplitting,
  • erudite,
  • egotistic,
  • sententious,
  • doctrinaire,
  • learned,
  • ostentatious,
  • arid,
  • priggish,
  • pedagogic,
  • dull,
  • pompous,
  • didactic.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • ideational,
  • overnice,
  • good eye,
  • unproved,
  • conscionable,
  • schoolish,
  • over-nice,
  • theoretical,
  • in theory,
  • ritualistic,
  • Overscrupulous,
  • Postulated,
  • overconscientious,
  • academic,
  • ceremonialistic,
  • theoretic,
  • in the abstract,
  • over-scrupulous,
  • structural,
  • formularized,
  • Inkhorn,
  • punctilious,
  • ideological,
  • donnish,
  • as a premise,
  • formal,
  • Pedantical,
  • nit-picking.
  •punctilious (adjective)
  • nice,
  • conscientious,
  • persnickety,
  • particular,
  • observant,
  • painstaking,
  • heedful,
  • fussy,
  • right on,
  • scrupulous.
  •ritualistic (adjective)
  • established,
  • reverent.
  •structural (adjective)
  • basic,
  • architectural,
  • skeletal,
  • anatomical,
  • constructural,
  • tectonic,
  • constitutional,
  • anatomic,
  • formative,
  • formational,
  • organic.
  •theoretical (adjective)
  • impractical,
  • logical,
  • pure,
  • problematical,
  • assumed,
  • metaphysical,
  • Instanced,
  • philosophical,
  • contingent,
  • unearthly,
  • intellectual,
  • on paper,
  • imaginative,
  • quixotic,
  • unsubstantiated,
  • transcendent,
  • ideal,
  • suppositional,
  • general,
  • codified,
  • transcendental,
  • idealized,
  • vague,
  • tentative,
  • presumed,
  • analytical.

• n.

  •
  • flexible,
  • pedantic,
  • scholastic,
  • teach,
  • literary,
  • bookish,
  • attitude.
  •formalised (noun)
  • formalised.
  •formalistic (noun)
  • formalized.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • Puristic,
  • legalistic.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • in line,
  • Formulary,
  • accordant,
  • Restraining,
  • holier-than-thou,
  • repressive,
  • pharisaic,
  • courtly,
  • Externalism,
  • superficial,
  • nominal,
  • hypocritical,
  • prim,
  • plastic,
  • meticulous,
  • compulsive,
  • Euphuistic,
  • in accord,
  • impersonal,
  • Pecksniffian,
  • Simpering,
  • self-righteous,
  • pietistic,
  • overprecise,
  • distant,
  • in keeping,
  • straight,
  • mincing,
  • extrinsic,
  • exclusive,
  • square,
  • surface,
  • outward,
  • slimy,
  • concordant,
  • corresponding,
  • stuffy,
  • euphemistic,
  • bourgeois,
  • formalism,
  • goody-goody,
  • formalisms,
  • punctual,
  • exact,
  • unctuous,
  • stylized,
  • conformist,
  • Precieuse,
  • puritan,
  • traditionalist,
  • namby-pamby,
  • sanctimonious,
  • harmonious,
  • Cabined,
  • precious,
  • definitive,
  • Formalist,
  • insincere,
  • smarmy,
  • conventionalized,
  • restrictive,
  • pharisaical,
  • elegant,
  • practice,
  • orthodox,
  • Precisian,
  • exquisite,
  • kosher,
  • prohibitive,
  • correct,
  • Canting,
  • overrefined,
  • pattern,
  • pretentious,
  • oily,
  • uptight,
  • anal.

Paraphrases for Formalistic:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    technical.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    legalistic, formalism, formal, formulaic.

Antonyms for Formalistic:

• adj.

  • academic
    plain, ordinary, simple, proven, practical, ignorant, real, untaught, factual.
  • formal
    inaccurate, disorderly, relaxed, informal, indefinite, customary, normal, unaffected, ambiguous.
  • punctilious
    uncaring, careless, easy-going.
  • theoretical
    definite, material, objective, physical, illogical, concrete, certain.